Hello List,

Last ditch effort for the doc's query. His question is if there's any literature on postoperative throat pain after general anesthetic?

I think I've used every combination of terms I can think of but there could be a deficit of literature out there. He wants to know how to treat his patient who had surgery 8 months ago and still has throat pain.

My searches in PubMed: throat pain[MeSH] AND postoperative period; post intubation pain; postoperative sore throat POST; POST following intubation and many other terms. Four articles were not good hits.

He suggested next that I try Complex Regional Pain Syndrome/CPRS of the throat. Many combos later, not really what he wants. I cannot find a good term for "chronic." Lots of info on how to prevent POST but not for pain 8 months post op.

Should I give up? Thanks all.

Robyn



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