Review Article
The Role of Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks
Table 1
Incidence of persistent postsurgical pain and associated disability. Based on data from [
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71–
73].
| Surgery | Incidence | Severe disability |
| Amputation | 30–85% | 5–10% | Thoracotomy | 5–67% | 10% | Inguinal hernia repair | 10–30% | 2–4% | Breast surgery | 11–65% | 5–10% | Coronary artery bypass graft | 30–50% | 5–10% | Cesarean section | 10–18% | 4% |
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