Prospective Study of Postoperative Pain Syndrome in Patients with BreastCancer and its Related Factors

Background: Surgery is usually the first treatment for breast cancer which is followed by some complications such as chronic pain. Post mastectomy pain syndrome (PMPS) is a common complication among breast cancer survivors and is considered as a chronic neuropathic pain in the side of surgery which persists more than six months. The exact mechanisms and related risk factors of the chronic pain after breast surgery are unknown. The aim of this study is to investigate the epidemiological characteristics of postoperative pain syndrome in Chinese breast cancer patients, and to analyze the related risk factors. Methods: A prospective cohort study of 202 female breast cancer patients undergoing elective breast surgery for a period of 6 months follow-up survey. The incidence rate of pain in patients with chronic pain was assessed by the self-rating scale of ID. Pain and 16 related risk factors were statistically analyzed. Results: A prospective cohort study of 202 female breast cancer patients undergoing elective breast surgery for a period of 6 months follow-up survey. The incidence rate of pain in patients with chronic pain was assessed by the self-rating scale of ID. Pain and 16 related risk factors were statistically analyzed. Conclusions: PMPS occupies a certain proportion in breast cancer patients after surgery. Age and psychological abnormalities associated with preoperative breast cancer patients may undergo PMPS. It is possible to have a certain significance to choose the operation mode of the trauma, the psychological intervention before the operation and the management of the acute pain after the operation to prevent the PMPS.