Erschienen in:
01.02.2011 | Letter to the editor
Importance of distinction between paroxysmal and continuous patterns of pain during evaluation of pain after brachial plexus injury
verfasst von:
Mohamed M. Aly, Youichi Saitoh, Haruhiko Kishima, Koichi Hosomi, Toshiki Yoshimine
Erschienen in:
Acta Neurochirurgica
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Ausgabe 2/2011
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Excerpt
We read with great interest the manuscript of Bonilla et al. entitled “Pain and brachial plexus lesions: evaluation of initial outcomes after reconstructive microsurgery and validation of a new pain severity scale” [
3]. The authors described a new pain scoring scale to quantify pain after brachial plexus injuries and used it to assess patients' pain before and after reconstructive surgery. Within this scale, [
3] the authors integrated pain intensity scale (measured on a scale ranging from 0 to 10), with other parameters like the disability in daily activities and sleep, pain frequency, use of pain medication, and the number of zones affected by pain. …