Perspectives to pain associated to land mine injury

Abstract

The current problem of land mines is worrying. Large mined territories endanger civilians and military personnel. About 100,000 land mines are scattered today in Colombia, and the mortal victims are growing each day. Land mine injuries result in significant musculoskeletal and abdominal injuries throughout the world. Accurate pain assessment is necessary to effective pain management. However, it is a challenge in polytrauma patients. Although it may be difficult, the initial multimodal analgesic management facilitates early rehabilitation and theoretically may prevent chronic pain progression after a land mine injury.