Post-vasectomy pain syndrome is testicular pain that can occur after having a vasectomy. The pain lasts for 3 months or longer and affects daily activities. Post-vasectomy pain syndrome (PVPS) is pain ...

After an amputation, some patients may feel pain in their residual limbs. Post-amputation pain, categorized as phantom pain or stump pain, can be a challenging condition to treat. Phantom pain is ...

Tonsillectomy may lead to ear pain, although mouth and throat pain are more common. People can relieve this by taking pain medication, using an ice pack or heated pad on the ear, and using distraction ...

Ear pain following tonsillectomy is a common symptom that most people experience. Here’s why that happens and what you can do to feel better. A tonsillectomy is a common surgical procedure to remove ...

Stabbing pain after gallbladder removal can signal a complication. Examples of these include bile leakage or bile duct injury, retained gallstones, or post-cholecystectomy syndrome. The gallbladder is ...

More than half of patients may experience PMPS, a type of chronic nerve pain, following mastectomy and breast surgery. A common, but not often talked about, side effect of mastectomy is ...

"[P]erforming a preoperative assessment for the degree of central sensitization may allow gynecologic surgeons and patients to have a more informed discussion regarding the anticipated postoperative ...

Using cannabis within the last month was associated with having more pain after surgery compared with not using cannabis recently, according to a study presented at the Anesthesiology 2022 annual ...