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Call to tackle post-op joint pain
Friday September 23rd, 2016
Doctors need to do more to tackle the problem of pain experienced by joint replacement patients, a European conference has heard.
Experts called for more evidence-based treatments - and called for a multi-disciplinary approach to preventing post-operative pain, which they warned was often neuropathic.
The concerns were raised at a symposium called by EFIC, the European Pain Foundation, in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
The conference heard evidence from systematic reviews that 20% of knee replacement patients report chronic pain as do 9% of hip replacement patients.
Precision medicine aids cancer care - study
Friday September 23rd, 2016
A major European study of cancer care using precision medicine techniques has shown it can delay the progress of illness, it was announced today. More
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