Present status of treatment of chronic pain

Pain is a distressing experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage with sensory, emotional, cognitive and social components. Chronic pain is a common disease which can be divided into nociceptive pain, neuropathic pain and mixed pain according to pathophysiological mechanism. The treatment of chronic pain, at present, mainly includes minimally invasive interventional surgery and non-surgical treatment. Because pain medicine is a multi-disciplinary intersection of disciplines, the treatments of chronic pain remain multi-model ways. According to the pathogenesis of pain classification, different treatments of pain should be selected in targeted treatment program. This paper summarizes present status of chronic pain treatment. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2018.10.00