Anesthesia and Chronic Pain Management

Anuj Malhotra; Mourad Shehebar; Yury Khelemsky

doi:10.1016/j.otc.2019.08.007

Anesthesia and Chronic Pain Management

Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2019 Dec;52(6):1083-1094. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2019.08.007. Epub 2019 Sep 25.

Authors

Anuj Malhotra¹, Mourad Shehebar¹, Yury Khelemsky²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, KCC 8th Floor, Box 1010, New York, NY 10029, USA.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, KCC 8th Floor, Box 1010, New York, NY 10029, USA; Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, KCC 8th Floor, Box 1010, New York, NY 10029, USA. Electronic address: Yury.khelemsky@mountsinai.org.

PMID: 31563424
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2019.08.007

Abstract

The reasons for development of chronic pain are poorly understood. Chronic postoperative pain is linked to severe acute postoperative pain. Head and neck pain is often a complex phenomenon that requires meticulous diagnosis and treatment. Institution of early multimodal analgesic regimens by multidisciplinary teams may attenuate chronic pain formation and propagation in the otolaryngologic patient.

Keywords: Anesthesia; Chronic pain; Postoperative pain.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anesthesia*
Chronic Pain / etiology
Humans
Nerve Block / methods*
Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures*
Pain Management / methods*
Pain, Postoperative / etiology
Patient Care Team
Plastic Surgery Procedures