phantom limb/neoplasms

Amputation for tumours is rarely carried out nowadays and has few specific technical features, apart from the rare cases where ingenuity is required to gain a few centimetres in length of a stump. As far as possible, the decision for amputation should not be imposed; it is better that the patient

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of phantom pain and correlated conditions such as phantom sensations and stump pain in a population of cancer patients who had undergone limb amputation. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out in adult patients submitted

OBJECTIVE This study in children and young adults having cancer-related amputation aimed to examine the incidence of phantom limb pain (PLP) in the first year after amputation and also the proportion of patients who had preamputation pain. METHODS A retrospective review of medical records was

Phantom sensations have been frequently reported after limb amputations, but they seemed to be rare events after urological operations. All 81 consecutive male patients (median age 28 years; 16-51), seen during their routine follow-up visit at the oncology outpatient department of Hannover

Phantom sensation and phantom limb pain are two recognized sequelae of limb amputation. In most previous surveys, amputations were done for arteriosclerotic or trauma related conditions. We studied 25 patients who had lower extremity amputation for neoplasia. In studying the features of pain before

OBJECTIVE Several pediatric tumors require mutilating procedures in order to be treated effectively. Although the pain caused by the surgery is usually of a transient nature, the perception of pain in the amputated limb may persist. This prolonged pain, which is often refractory to pain-killing

BACKGROUND Gabapentin is reported to have an analgesic effect of reducing phantom-limb pain (PLP) in adult patients. There is no study on preoperative use of gabapentin in pediatric population in terms of PLP prevention. OBJECTIVE To determine whether gabapentin could be used as an adjuvant agent of

Phantom limb pain is a common sequela of amputation. Studies suggest that over time, there is a decrease in frequency and intensity of phantom pain. Persistently increased phantom pain has been seen in benign lesions affecting the peripheral and central nervous system. We present a 74-year-old woman

OBJECTIVE This study was designed to find out whether women operated in high volume surgical units have less chronic symptoms than women operated in smaller volume units. METHODS A questionnaire was sent to 265 consecutive women treated at the Department of Oncology, Helsinki University Central

Chronic phantom limb pain (PLP) is a type of neuropathic pain, which is located in the missing/amputated limb. Phantom pain is difficult to treat as the exact basis of pain mechanism is still unknown. Various methods of treatment for PLP have been described, including pharmacological (NSAIDs,

UNASSIGNED To explore the usefulness of the limb laterality recognition score as a clinical measure of phantom limb pain, regarding test-retest reliability and association of limb laterality recognition scores with phantom limb pain measures. UNASSIGNED Retrospective cohort. UNASSIGNED Community

UNASSIGNED Mirror therapy has not been reported for phantom limb pain (PLP) in pediatric oncology. Our aims are to describe the incidence and duration of PLP post-amputation, the duration of follow-up, pain scores and pain medications, and the differences between a group that received mirror therapy

BACKGROUND Despite technical advances in spinal cord stimulation (SCS), there is a paucity of recent literature regarding SCS for phantom limb pain. METHODS Between January 2003 and May 2008, four patients at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center underwent SCS for intractable phantom limb pain. A

Phantom sensations and pain occur with an unknown frequency in children. We hypothesized that such experiences are common among children, and occur more often than is recognized by health-care personnel. Children and adolescents, ages 5-19 years, who had undergone limb amputation in the past 10