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Chronic Pain: An Overview of Causes and Management

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The aetiology of posttraumatic chronic facial pain and headache is varied. It may have its origins because of the initial injury or as a result of the management that came after. Not all cases should therefore be managed by the prescription of analgesia alone. Causes of pain and headache can be considered as inflammatory, musculoskeletal, neuropathic and vascular. The underlying mechanisms (and therefore treatments) are varied and include various lesions to both the peripheral and central nervous system.

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Barry, T., Perry, M. (2020). Chronic Pain: An Overview of Causes and Management. In: Perry, M., Holmes, S. (eds) Atlas of Operative Maxillofacial Trauma Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5616-1_5

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