Lukas Visockas, Aurelija Alksnytė, Vytautas Mačiulis Abstract Chronic neuropathic pain is pain that lasts over 3 months and is caused by a disease or a lesion of the central or peripheral nervous system. It is estimated that about 6-8 % of the general population suffers from neuropathic pain, therefore proper pain management protocols are needed,…
Liuda Brogienė, Agnė Klimaitė, Arnas Lukošiūnas, Martynas Paliokas, Andrius Macas Abstract Background and Goal of study. Pain after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is underestimated problem, which has a lack of attention. In this study we report the prevalence, pain intensity and predisposing factors of acute and chronic pain after PCI procedure. Material and methods. The…
Janis Zinkus, Dalia Urbanaitė, Arūnas Gelmanas, Ramūnas Tamošiūnas, Arūnas Vertelis, Andrius Macas Abstract Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the most frequently performed major orthopaedic operations causing postoperative pain, which may influence quality of life. Therefore controlling the pain after these operations is a real challenge to medical staff in the whole world. Generally,…
Andrius Macas, Darius Trepenaitis, Alina Vilkė, Tadas Česnaitis, Vitalijus Valančius Abstract Pain and its treatment is one of major concerns in postoperative care. There is a search for a new method to overcome pain so we try to understand its origins and eliminate it. In this article we will try to study one of the…
