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  "id": 19391173,
  "title": "Predicting long-term pain after freezing nerves in surgery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/predicting-long-term-pain-after-freezing-nerves-in-surgery",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-10T20:10:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-term-pain-nerves-surgery.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "After thoracic surgery—any medical operation done inside the chest—patients can experience pain, soreness or numbness even years later. This is because the incisions cut through muscles and nerves on sensitive ribs, which can cause damage and inflammation.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}