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An Experimental Paradigm for the Prediction of Post-Operative Pain (PPOP)
Published on: January 27, 2010
Pain response after psychological preparation for repeated periodontal surgery
S H Croog1, R M Baume, J Nalbandian
1School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06030-3910.
Journal of the American Dental Association (1939)
|October 1, 1994
Abstract:
The effects of pre-surgery intervention messages on postsurgical pain and recovery in 42 female patients were compared. Each participant was scheduled for at least two periodontal surgeries and exposed to one of four messages before each surgery. Auditory and visual messages classified as "control enhancement" were associated with reduction of pain after the second surgery with no effect after the first surgery.

