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Can Acute and Chronic Postsurgical Pain Be Decreased with Perioperative Neuropathic Agents?

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A 55-year-old nurse presents for a bilateral mastectomy with reconstruction for breast cancer. She failed treatment with chemoradiation and is now here for surgery. After developing chronic tenderness from her radiation therapy, she did some research on PubMed.

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  1. Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 S. Maryland Ave, MC 4028, Chicago, Illinois, 60637, USA

    Omar Rashid Qureshi

  2. Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave, MC 4028, Chicago, Illinois, 60637, USA

    Sheetal Patil

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Corey S. Scher

  2. Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Anna Clebone

  3. Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology (Emeritus), Former Assistant Director of Anesthesiology, Bellevue Hospital Center Retired from Department of Anesthesiology, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Sanford M. Miller

  4. Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery, Bellevue Hospital Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, New York, New York, USA

    J. David Roccaforte

  5. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, Vice Chair Faculty Promotion Associate Director Anesthesia Service Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, New York, USA

    Levon M. Capan

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Qureshi, O.R., Patil, S. (2017). Can Acute and Chronic Postsurgical Pain Be Decreased with Perioperative Neuropathic Agents?. In: Scher, C., Clebone, A., Miller, S., Roccaforte, J., Capan, L. (eds) You’re Wrong, I’m Right. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43169-7_106

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