by PMPS | Dec 19, 2016 | HOPE FOR A CURE
This is a “TED” talk by Elliot Krane, Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine (Pediatric Anesthesia) at the Stanford University Medical Center and of Pediatrics at the Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital. We think of pain...
by PMPS | Dec 16, 2016 | HOPE FOR A CURE
Post-mastectomy pain syndrome (PMPS) is a recognised complication of breast surgery although little is known about the long-term outcome of this chronic pain condition. In 1996, Smith et al identified a prevalence rate of PMPS of 43% among 408 women in the Grampian...
by PMPS | Dec 16, 2016 | HOPE FOR A CURE
After having breast cancer surgery, some women have problems with nerve (neuropathic) pain in the chest wall, armpit, and/or arm that doesn’t go away over time. This is called post-mastectomy pain syndrome (PMPS) because it was first described in women who had...
