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Chronic Pain Management and Maxillofacial Surgery

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Chronic pain is an increasingly common pathology that is encountered perioperatively. A disease process in itself, chronic pain affects the biological, psychological, and sociological domains with treatment that extends well beyond identifying a localized pain generator. Postoperative pain control is often challenging in this patient population, requiring identification of preoperative treatment regimens as well as making perioperative modifications to improve patient outcomes and patient satisfaction. With multidisciplinary planning, optimal postoperative pain control can be achieved while minimizing adverse effects.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine, University of Illinois-Peoria, Peoria, IL, USA

    Avni Gupta M.D.

  2. Millennium Pain Center, Unity Point Health-Methodist Hospital, Peoria, IL, USA

    Avni Gupta M.D.

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Pavan Tankha D.O.

  4. Pain Management Section, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA

    Pavan Tankha D.O.

  5. Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Specialist, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Mahmood Ahmad M.D.

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Gupta, A., Tankha, P., Ahmad, M. (2018). Chronic Pain Management and Maxillofacial Surgery. In: Ferneini, E., Bennett, J. (eds) Perioperative Assessment of the Maxillofacial Surgery Patient. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58868-1_26

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