Six-month follow-up assessment
Neuropathic, chronic neuropathic pain, Pain, pain
During the patients’ visits to the pain clinic in the third and sixth months after surgery, an untrained physician unknowingly assessed them. The assessment included evaluating pain intensity, nature, duration, aggravating and mitigating factors, and analgesic medication. The Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs (LANSS) Pain Scale was used as the assessment tool to evaluate chronic neuropathic pain in this study [