Psychological management, prevention and treatment of phantom pain after amputations for tumours

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 205-208

  Tomeno, B ^a   Anract, P ^a   Ouaknine, M ^a  

^a Institut Cochin   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIMB PROSTHESIS; PHANTOM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON;

AMPUTATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHANTOM LIMB; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0031814794     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002640050243     Document Type: Article

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