title: [Perspectives of prevention of postoperative neuropathic pain syndrome in cancer patients].
abstract: The paper deals with the anesthesiological problems in the prevention and therapy of neuropathic pain syndrome (NPS), including phantom pain syndrome (PPS) at different stages of surgical treatment in a cancer patient. A prospective study has been conducted; a protocol has been elaborated for the management of patients with preoperative chronic pain syndrome and those at a high risk for NPS after cancer operations associated with damage to nerve structures. A clinical case of successful therapy for severe NPS in a female patient after 4 surgical interventions, including exarticulation of the upper limb, is described. The undertaken prevention of NPS and its treatment policy that is based on the current views of the mechanisms responsible for this type of pain and included, in addition to opioid analgesics, different types of antineuropathic agents, including the recent generation anticonvulsant gabapentin (neurontin), are analyzed and investigated in detail.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Osipova
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Petrova
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Abuzarova
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Edeleva
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Belov
mesh_terms: D000588:Amines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001132:Arm / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D000077206:Gabapentin; D006801:Humans; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010591:Phantom Limb / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000601:surgery*; D013577:Syndrome; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000588:Amines; D000700:Analgesics; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D000077206:Gabapentin