Causes Of Chronic Post Mastectomy Pain
PMPS is pain that persists after a mastectomy or another type of breast surgery is performed. Procedures that may lead to post-mastectomy pain include total mastectomy, partial mastectomy, lumpectomy and even breast reconstruction. Causes Post-mastectomy pain is often neuropathic, meaning it is usually caused by nerve damage. Most researchers assume post-mastectomy pain is caused by damage to the nerves in the breast and underarm area or the development of a neuroma (an abnormal nerve tissue growth)....