Professor Narinder Rawal, MD, PhD, FRCA (Hon) - AKUTNE.CZ

Chronic postsurgical painGenetic predispositionPsychological• Patient attiudes• Preop anxiety• Expectation ofchronicityEnvironmental• Poor education• Low income• Poor self-rated healthSurgical• Severity of postopertaivepain• Surgical factors- site and extent ofsurgery- damage to nerves- reoperations- bleeding, infectionPreoperative• Female gender• Younger age• Pain beforesurgery• Analgesic use