Phantom Pain and Risk Factors
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Phantom limb pain.
Phantom pain is experienced by 60% to 80% of patients following limb amputation but is only severe in about 5% to 10% of cases. The mechanisms underlying pain in amputees are not fully understood, but factors in both the peripheral and central nervous system play a role. Treatment of phantom pain is not successful; a recent study on prevention of phantom pain showed negative results. The future...
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Corresponding author: Heon Keun Lee, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, 92, Chilam-dong, Jinju 660-751, Korea. Tel: 82-55-750-8137, Fax: 82-55-750-8142, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0885-3924
DOI: 10.1016/s0885-3924(02)00538-9