Table 3 Incidence of persistent post-surgical pain after different surgical interventions
Study | Surgery | N | Design | Definition | Incidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brandsborg 2007 [65] | C-section | 1173 | Questionnaire 1 year after surgery | Pain | 31.9% at 1 year |
Brander 2003 [64] | Total knee replacement | 116 | Prospective longitudinal | Significant pain (VAS > 40) | 13.1% at 1 year |
Inaba 2012 [59] | Inguinal hernia repair | 191 | Questionnaire | Any pain | 14.7% at variable time points least 3 months after surgery |
Oberg 2005 [61] | Laparoscopic inguinal herniorrhaphy | 161 | Questionnaire | Chronic pain; unclear definition | 4% at variable time points |
Duale 2014 [67] | Elective C-section, inguinal herniorrhaphy, breast cancer surgery, cholecystectomy, saphenectomy, sternotomy, thoracotomy, or knee arthroscopy | 2397 | Multicenter prospective longitudinal | 4 items positive on DN4 | All (20.6%); laparoscopic herniorrhaphy (3.2%); knee arthroscopy (15.8%); C-section (24.5%); thoracotomy (32.7%); breast cancer surgery (37.1%) at 6 months |
Ilfeld 2014 [68] | Mastectomy | 30 | Prospective longitudinal | Brief pain inventory pain induced dysfunction | 47% at 12 months |
Liang 2013 [69] | Ventral hernia repair | 122 | Retrospective | Unclear definition categorical variable | 17.2% at variable time points |
Nikolajsen 2004 [70] | C-section | 220 | Questionnaire mean follow-up time 10.2 months after surgery | Pain at the time of the questionnaire | 12.3% at variable time points |