Persistent Pain after Mastectomy: Risk Factors

Persistent Pain after Mastectomy: Risk Factors - Part II

1- Preoperative Factors

(Kehlet et al. Persistent Pain After Breast Cancer Treatment: A Critical Review of Risk Factors and Strategies for Prevention. The Journal of Pain, Vol 12, No 7 (July), 2011: pp 725-746)

•Young age: Aggressive nature of the tumor, ↑ rate of recurrence

•Obesity: Challenging axillary dissection (more fatty tissue)

•Ethnicity and psychological factors

•Preop pain in the breast and/or in other locations: Indicate a state of higher pain sensitivity

•Genetics: Susceptibility to chronic pain following nerve injury is genetically affected by CACNG2 (Genome Res, 2010)

2-Intraoperative factors

Mastectomy vs breast conservative Surgery : No conclusive results in favor of one of these surgeries. Importance of the association with radiotherapy

Axillary lymph node dissection vs Sentinel lymph node biopsy: More pain in ALND due to surgical damage to ICBN. Breast reconstruction with implants after mastectomy Intercostobrachial nerve damage: Main cause

Intercostobrachial nerve damage: Main cause.

3 - Postoperative Factors

§Adjuvant therapy:

Radiotherapy: timing and type.

The location of the radio field is also important. Axilla → Brachial plexopathy

Chemotherapy induced neurotoxicity

§Complications of surgery: Infection, hematoma, lymphedema

§Acute pain: Positive correlation between the intensity of acute postsurgical pain and the development of chronic pain (4 out of 15 studies)

§Treatment of acute postop pain: (24 sudies)

Few studies have correlated the use of pain treatment to persistent pain in their analysis

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