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Abstract

Neuropathic pain is defined as pain caused by a lesion of the somatosensory system [1]. The etiologic source located within the somatosensory system differentiates neuropathic pain from nociceptive pain, which by definition represents the processing of noxious stimuli by a functional nervous system [2]. A broad range of disease and injury can result in neuropathic pain and there are multiple classification schema ranging from anatomic to etiologic; none are as of yet universally accepted. Generally, neuropathic pain can be subdivided into four classes:

  1. 1.

    Focal lesions of the peripheral nervous system

  2. 2.

    Generalized lesions of the peripheral nervous system

  3. 3.

    Lesions of the central nervous system

  4. 4.

    Complex neuropathies [3]

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  1. Division Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Ryan Mirchel DDS, MD

  2. Departments of Surgery and Neurology & Neurotherapeutics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA

    John R. Zuniga DMD, MS, PhD

  3. Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

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Mirchel, R., Zuniga, J.R., Bouloux, G.F. (2017). Neuropathic Pain and Chronic Opioid Use. In: Bouloux, G. (eds) Complications of Temporomandibular Joint Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51241-9_7

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