scholarly journals Contralateral Acupuncture for the Treatment of Phantom Limb Pain and Phantom Limb Sensation in Oncologic Lower Limb Amputee: A Case Report

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qin Guo ◽  
Zhong Di ◽  
Hong-fang Tian ◽  
Quan-ai Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Phantom Limb Pain ◽  
Phantom Limb ◽  
Treatment Technique ◽  
Limb Pain ◽  
Knee Amputation ◽  
Lower Limb Amputee ◽  
The Right ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Robust Evidence

Phantom limb pain (PLP) and phantom limb sensation (PLS) are common and distressing sequelae of amputation. Current pain management following amputation is challenging and unsatisfying. In this case study, a 74-year-old woman underwent above-knee amputation because of the rhabdomyosarcoma in the right leg. Despite several analgesics, pain was poorly controlled. The phantom limb pain and sensation were immediately reduced by the contralateral acupuncture, and abolished after the third session with no side-effects, no relapse during the next 9 months. Contralateral acupuncture showed positive effect on PLP and PLS in this case, but more robust evidence would be needed to support the efficacy of this treatment technique for indication.

scholarly journals Management of Phantom Limb Pain through Thalamotomy of the Centro-Median Nucleus

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 587-593
Author(s):  
Ramiro A. Pérez de la Torre ◽  
Job J. Rodríguez Hernández ◽  
Ali Al-Ramadan ◽  
Abeer Gharaibeh
Keyword(s):  
Phantom Limb Pain ◽  
Phantom Limb ◽  
Limb Pain ◽  
Surgical Interventions ◽  
Burning Pain ◽  
A Value ◽  
Thoracic Limb ◽  
History Of ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Right

Background: Phantom limb syndrome is defined as the perception of intense pain or other sensations that are secondary to a neural lesion in a limb that does not exist. It can be treated using pharmacological and surgical interventions. Most medications are prescribed to improve patients’ lives; however, the response rate is low. In this case report, we present a case of phantom limb syndrome in a 42-year-old female with a history of transradial amputation of the left thoracic limb due to an accidental compression one year before. The patient underwent placement of a deep brain stimulator at the ventral posteromedial nucleus (VPM) on the right side and removal secondary to loss of battery. The patient continued to have a burning pain throughout the limb with a sensation of still having the limb, which was subsequently diagnosed as phantom limb syndrome. After a thorough discussion with the patient, a right stereotactic centro-median thalamotomy was offered. An immediate response was reported with a reduction in pain severity on the visual analogue scale (VAS) from a value of 9–10 preoperative to a value of 2 postoperative, with no postoperative complications. Although phantom limb pain is one of the most difficult to treat conditions, centro-median thalamotomy may provide an effective stereotactic treatment procedure with adequate outcomes.

Phantom radiculopathy: a rare postoperative phenomenon

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. e234433
Author(s):  
Maheswaran Archunan ◽  
Sriram Srinivasan
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic Accident ◽  
Traffic Accident ◽  
Congenital Abnormalities ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Corticosteroid Injection ◽  
Phantom Limb Pain ◽  
Phantom Limb ◽  
Limb Pain ◽  
Knee Amputation ◽  
Amputation Surgery

Limb amputations are carried out for a number of reasons, which include trauma, vascular disorders, infection, oncology and congenital abnormalities. These patients can develop multiple complications postoperatively with phantom limb pain being a well-recognised issue. That being said, phantom radiculopathy is far less encountered and can therefore be easily overlooked. There are limited cases described in literature and as a result pathophysiology is poorly understood. In this report, we present a patient who had developed phantom radiculopathy decades after his left above knee amputation surgery, which was performed after a road traffic accident. However, we were successfully able to treat the patient with foraminal epidural corticosteroid injection.

scholarly journals 55Mirror Therapy and Lower Limb Phantom Limb Pain - A Case Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (suppl_5) ◽  
pp. v13-v60
Author(s):  
Evelyn Newell ◽  
Mary Nolan ◽  
Leona O’Reilly ◽  
Dympna Waldron
Keyword(s):  
Lower Limb ◽  
Phantom Limb Pain ◽  
Phantom Limb ◽  
Limb Pain

Phantom Limb: A Phenomenological Study

1982 ◽  
Vol 141 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. D. Shukla ◽  
S. C. Sahu ◽  
R. P. Tripathi ◽  
D. K. Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Upper Limb ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Phantom Limb Pain ◽  
Phantom Limb ◽  
Limb Pain ◽  
Post Operative Period ◽  
The Right ◽  
Lower Limb Amputees

SummaryPhantom limb phenomena during the post-operative period were studied in 72 amputees. All were right handed. Phantom limb was present in 86.1 per cent of the cases, significantly more commonly following amputation of the right arm. Nearly half of the phantoms developed within the first 24 hours and another quarter in the next 24 hours, appearing earlier in lower limb amputees. Movements in the phantom were felt by three-quarters of the cases, an incidence unaffected by site or side of amputation. Telescopy was present in nearly two-thirds and phantom limb pain in over two-thirds, significantly more commonly in the upper limb amputees but uninfluenced by the side of amputation. Thirty-one of the patients dreamed that their limbs were intact.

Poster 226: Improvement of Phantom Limb Pain With Pregabalin: A Case Study

2007 ◽  
Vol 88 (9) ◽  
pp. E74-E75
Author(s):  
Kristen E. Cardamone ◽  
Ellen Babinsky ◽  
Michael O’Dell
Keyword(s):  
Phantom Limb Pain ◽  
Phantom Limb ◽  
Limb Pain
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