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Prosthet Orthot Int · Apr 1987
The value of revision surgery after initial amputation of an upper or lower limb.
- M R Wood, G A Hunter, and S G Millstein.
- Prosthet Orthot Int. 1987 Apr 1; 11 (1): 17-20.
AbstractThe value of revision surgery when carried out more than six weeks after initial amputation of the upper or lower limb was assessed. When performed for stump and/or phantom limb pain alone, only 33/95 (35%) obtained satisfactory results after one revision; 25/95 (26%) of the patients required four or more surgical procedures without relief of pain. However, when carried out for local specific pathology, the results of surgical revision were 100% successful, even if the procedure had to be repeated once in 15% (28/189) of this group of patients. Transcutaneous nerve stimulation appeared to offer no long lasting relief of pain following amputation surgery.
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