Toward a phenomic analysis of chronic postsurgical pain following cardiac surgery

• Main Authors: Hance Clarke (Author), Ajit Rai (Author), James Bao (Author), Michael Poon (Author), Vivek Rao (Author), George Djaiani (Author), Scott Beattie (Author), Gabrielle Page (Author), Manon Choiniere (Author), Michael McGillion (Author), Monica Parry (Author), Judith Hunter (Author), Judy Watt-Watson (Author), Loren Martin (Author), Liza Grosman-Rimon (Author), Dinesh Kumbhare (Author), John Hanlon (Author), Ze'ev Seltzer (Author), Joel Katz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Despite the same surgical approach, up to 40% of patients develop chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) following cardiac surgery, whereas the rest are chronic pain free. This variability suggests that CPSP is controlled partially through genetics, but the genes for CPSP are largely unknown. A...