Postoperative transitional pain corresponds to the pain occuring between acute postoperative pain and chronic postsurgical pain (defined as pain persisting for at least 3 months after surgery). We hypothesized that both trajectory and neuropathic component of transitional pain may influence the quality of recovery after thoracic surgery. To test this, we designed an observational study to identify risk factors for incomplete recovery assessed through the QoR-15 questionnaire.
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Impact of pain trajectory and neuropathic component of pain on quality of recovery.
Timeframe: 3 months after surgery.