試題詳解

45. Which of the following is not true about post-mastectomy pain?
(A) Mastectomy may result in chronic pain in as many as half of those patients.
(B) This pain often starts immediately or a few days postoperatively.
(C) This pain is usually neuropathic in character.
(D) It is suspected that the intercostobrachial nerve is often damaged during axillary node dissection
(E) The incidence of phantom breast syndrome 1 year after surgery is less than 5%.