Curr Ther Res Clin E
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Curr Ther Res Clin E · Jun 2011
A retrospective trial comparing the effects of different anesthetic techniques on phantom pain after lower limb amputation.
Pain and other sensations from an amputated or absent limb, called phantom pain and phantom sensations, are well-known phenomena. ⋯ In patients undergoing lower limb amputation, performing epidural anesthesia or peripheral nerve block, instead of general anesthesia or spinal anesthesia, might attenuate phantom and stump pain in the first week after operation. Anesthetic technique might not have an effect on phantom limb pain, phantom sensation, or stump pain at 14 to 17 months after lower limb amputation.