Chronic Pain Surgery WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Chronic Pain Surgery
Chronic pain surgery may be considered after other therapies have proven ineffective in managing pain. Chronic pain surgery can provide relief, but the risks associated with the surgery may outweigh the benefits for you. Surgery can lead to permanent damage to your ability to distinguish between other sensations.1 Surgery can cause a different kind of pain for you as well.2
Fast Facts:
- Chronic pain surgery may prove to be only a temporary solution to your pain.2
- For severe chronic pain, your health care provider may recommend implanting a pain control device. You may be able to try a temporary device before surgery to see how effective the device would be.1
- Your health care provider may also recommend surgical sympathectomy to prevent the flow of pain signals.1
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Healthwise (via WebMD): Chronic Pain-Surgery
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 MedicineNet: Chronic Pain: Surgery
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- Contributor: Kenyotta Elijah
- Reviewer: Susan Scroggins
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Kenyotta Elijah
- Reviewer: Susan Scroggins
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Surgery for Chronic Pain, Surgery to Treat Chronic Pain, Surgery to help chronic pain
- Last update: Aug. 30, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
