Chronic pain can cause disabling suffering, puts a significant economic strain on the healthcare system and, in the world of complex abdominal wall repair, is unfortunately and maddeningly common. Although there is no straightforward solution, there are ways to address and sometimes resolve it.
Bruce Ramshaw, MD, the chief medical informatics officer for Caresyntax in Knoxville, Tenn., discussed the burden of chronic pain in hernia repair, why it’s such a mystery, and how physicians might