Pain-associated adaptive cortical reorganisation in chronic pancreatitis

SS Olesen, JB Frøkjær, D Lelic, M Valeriani… - Pancreatology, 2011 - Elsevier
Abstract Background/Aims: In various chronic pain conditions cortical reorganisation seems
to play a role in the symptomatology. The aims of this study were to investigate cortical
reorganisation in patients with pain caused by chronic pancreatitis (CP) and to correlate
putative cortical reorganisation to clinical pain scores. Methods: 24 patients suffering from
CP and 14 healthy volunteers were included. Patients' daily experience of pain was
recorded in a pain diary. The sigmoid was stimulated electrically with simultaneous …