The Toronto General Hospital Transitional Pain Service: development and implementation of a multidisciplinary program to prevent chronic postsurgical pain

Katz, Joel; Weinrib, Aliza; Fashler, Samantha; Katznelson, Rita; Shah, Bansi; Ladak, Salima; Jiang, Jiao; Li, Qing; McMillan, Kayla; Santa Mina, Daniel; Wendtlandt, Kirsten; McRae, Karen; Tamir, Diana; Lyn, Sheldon; de Perrot, Marc; Rao, Vivek; Grant, David; Roche‐Nagle, Graham; P. Cleary, Sean; O.P. Hofer, Stefan; Gilbert, Ralph; N. Wijeysundera, Duminda; Ritvo, Paul; Janmohamed, Tahir; O’Leary, Gerald; Clarke, Hance

doi:10.2147/jpr.s91924

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The Toronto General Hospital Transitional Pain Service: development and implementation of a multidisciplinary program to prevent chronic postsurgical pain

Published in Journal of Pain Research • Oct 1, 2015

Authors:

Joel Katz

Aliza Weinrib

Samantha Fashler

Abstract

Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP), an often unanticipated result of necessary and even life-saving procedures, develops in 5-10% of patients one-year after major surgery. Substantial advances have been made in identifying patients at elevated risk of developing CPSP based on perioperative pain, opioi...

Subject

Medicine

Psychological intervention

Chronic pain

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