Pain after surgery? There is nothing unusual about that. “About six out of ten will feel it significant pain after surgery»remembers D.r: Axel Morris-Samburski, Chairman of the Local Anesthesia Committee of the French Society for Anesthesia and Resuscitation (SFAR). What is not normal, however, is that this pain persists over time and becomes chronic.
Unfortunately, this is what happens in about 20% of the 10 million surgeries performed each year in France. Chronic pain that poisons the lives of millions of people. As explained by P.r: Valeria Martinez, President of the French Association for Pain Research and Treatment (SFETD) “About 5% of them are persistent, very intense pains, which require treatment in pain centers. Thus, they represent 20% of the consultations of our centers. ”
Most often it is a nerve pain…
Source: Le Figaro
