Data record for the article: TriggerPoint Injection for Post-Mastectomy Pain: A Simple Intervention with High Rate of Long-Term Relief

This data record provides details of the data supporting the claims of the related article: “TriggerPoint Injection for Post-Mastectomy Pain: A Simple Intervention with High Rate of Long-Term Relief”. The related study aimed to assess the rate of long-term resolution of post-mastectomy pain syndrome (PMPS) after trigger point injections to relieve neuropathic pain. Type of data: Participant characteristics; outcomes from the intervention Subject of data: Women presenting with clinical symptoms consistent with PMPS. Sample size: 52 patients Population characteristics: Women (aged 31-92) who underwent partial mastectomy with reduction mammoplasty or mastectomy with or without reconstruction. Recruitment: Patients from a breast surgery practice at the University of California San Francisco Breast Care Center Date of data collection: August 2010 to April 2018 Geographic location: United States of America Trial registration number: none Data access De-identified participant data showing 1. study participant characteristics 2. surgery interventions and complications 3. comparisons between sample characteristics and primary outcome are openly available as part of this figshare metadata record in the file ‘Khoury_PainInjectionPatients_NewCodedDatabase_Deidentified.xlsx’. Corresponding author(s) for this study Laura J. Esserman ([e-mail]). Study approval None