Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Apr 2021
Review Meta AnalysisPrevalence of chronic pain after spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
The reported prevalence of chronic pain after spinal cord injury (SCI) varies widely due, in part, to differences in the taxonomy of chronic pain. A widely used classification system is available to describe subcategories of chronic pain in SCI, but the prevalence of chronic pain in SCI based on this system is unknown. ⋯ This systematic review and meta-analysis extends the findings of previous studies by reporting the prevalence of chronic pain after SCI based on the ISCIP classification system, thereby reducing clinical heterogeneity in the reporting of pain prevalence related to SCI.