Treatment Strategies and Effective Management of Phantom Limb-Associated Pain.

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Abstract

Phantom sensations are incompletely understood phenomena which take place following an amputation or deafferentation of a limb. They can present as kinetic, kinesthetic, or exteroceptive perceptions. It is estimated that phantom limb pain (PLP) affects anywhere from 40 to 80% of amputees.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Curr Pain Headache Rep

Title: Current pain and headache reports

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

ISSN (Electronic): 1534-3081

ISSN (Print): 1534-3081

Publication date (Electronic): Jul 29 2019

Volume: 23

Issue: 9

Affiliations

[1 ] Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. iurits@bidmc.harvard.edu.

[2 ] Creighton University School of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

[3 ] Valley Anesthesiology and Pain Consultants, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

[4 ] Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, USA.

[5 ] Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.

[6 ] Department of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.

[7 ] Department of Anesthesiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

[8 ] Department of Anesthesiology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA.

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Publisher Item ID: 10.1007/s11916-019-0802-0

DOI: 10.1007/s11916-019-0802-0

PubMed ID: 31359171

SO-VID: 8a711d90-b430-4975-aefe-bc15f1eb96d3

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Keywords: Amputation,PLP,Pain management,Phantom limb,Phantom limb pain

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Keywords: Amputation, PLP, Pain management, Phantom limb, Phantom limb pain

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