Under Pressure: Applying Practice-Based Learning and Improvement to the Treatment of Chronic Neuropathic Pain in Patients with Burns

Mihaela Rapolti; Cindy Wu; Olga A. Schuth; Charles Scott Hultman

doi:10.1016/j.cps.2017.06.001

Under Pressure: Applying Practice-Based Learning and Improvement to the Treatment of Chronic Neuropathic Pain in Patients with Burns

Mihaela Rapolti, Cindy Wu, Olga A. Schuth, Charles Scott Hultman

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Abstract

Chronic neuropathic pain after burn injury may have multiple causes, such as direct nerve injury, nerve compression, or neuroma formation, and can significantly impair quality of life and limit functional recovery. Management includes a team-based approach that involves close collaboration between occupational and physical therapists, plastic surgeons, and experts in chronic pain, from neurology, anesthesia, psychiatry, and physiatry. Carefully selected patients with an anatomic cause of chronic neuropathic pain unequivocally benefit from surgical intervention. Self-reflection and analysis yield improvement in both efficiency and effectiveness when managing patients with burns with chronic neuropathic pain.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	925-934
Number of pages	10
Journal	Clinics in Plastic Surgery
Volume	44
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cps.2017.06.001
State	Published - Oct 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Burn injury
Chronic pain
Core competencies
Disruptive innovation
Learning curve
Neuropathy
Peripheral nerve decompression
Practice-based learning and improvement

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery

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