Table 1.

Incidence of postsurgical pain in a number of surgical interventions.

Type of surgery	Incidence of persistent postsurgical pain (%)
Abdominal surgery	17–21
Amputation	30–60
Caesarean section	6–55
Coronary bypass	30–50
Cholecystectomy	3–56
Craniotomy	7–30
Dental surgery	5–13
Hip arthroplasty	7–23
Inguinal herniotomy	5–63
Knee arthroplasty	13–14
Mastectomy	11–57
Melanoma resection	9
Sternotomy	7–17
Thoracotomy	5–71
Vasectomy	0–37

Data adapted from multiple studies (7, 13, 14).