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High post surgical opioid requirements in Crohn's disease are not due to a general change in pain sensitivity.
European journal of pain (London, England) - 1 Nov 2009
Huehne Kathrin, Leis Stefan, Muenster Tino, Wehrfritz Andreas, Winter Stefanie, Maihöfner Christian, Foertsch Thomas, Croner Roland, Reis André, Winterpacht Andreas, Rautenstrauss Bernd
Abstract excerpt
Crohn's disease (CD) is a painful inflammatory bowel disease with complex multigenic inheritance. Suggested on the basis of a few isolated reports CD patients require significantly higher post operative opioid doses than patients undergoing comparable severe abdominal surgery. Crohn's disease therefore may be a suitable model for the identification of novel pain susceptibility genes. In order to confirm this...
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