Post Mastectomy Pain Syndrome (PMPS) is a chronic pain condition, persisting for more than three months after breast surgery. Pain can result from any surgical procedure, but this syndrome is more commonly associated with radical mastectomy with axillary lymphadenectomy. The etiopathogenesis is not clear but the pain is typically neuropathic in nature, characterized as a dull, burning, and aching sensation exacerbated by movements of the shoulder girdle. The incidence is high, ranging from 20 to 50%. This chronic pain causes significant anxiety to the patient and can invoke frustration in the treating practitioner when an obvious cause and a curative therapy can not be found. Described therapies are conventional analgesia, non-pharmaceutical treatments such as physiotherapy, homeopathy, reflexology, reiki, acupuncture and massage, or combined therapies. Women described these therapies as being helpful for ‘dealing with’ the pain, and described creating their own strategies for how best to live with chronic pain.
Treatment of Post Mastectomy Pain Syndrome after mastopexy with botulinum toxin.
MAZZOCCHI, Marco;
2014
Abstract
Post Mastectomy Pain Syndrome (PMPS) is a chronic pain condition, persisting for more than three months after breast surgery. Pain can result from any surgical procedure, but this syndrome is more commonly associated with radical mastectomy with axillary lymphadenectomy. The etiopathogenesis is not clear but the pain is typically neuropathic in nature, characterized as a dull, burning, and aching sensation exacerbated by movements of the shoulder girdle. The incidence is high, ranging from 20 to 50%. This chronic pain causes significant anxiety to the patient and can invoke frustration in the treating practitioner when an obvious cause and a curative therapy can not be found. Described therapies are conventional analgesia, non-pharmaceutical treatments such as physiotherapy, homeopathy, reflexology, reiki, acupuncture and massage, or combined therapies. Women described these therapies as being helpful for ‘dealing with’ the pain, and described creating their own strategies for how best to live with chronic pain.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
