The role of peripheral nerve surgery in the treatment of chronic pain associated with amputation stumps

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 908-914

  Ducic, Ivica ^a   Mesbahi, Ali N ^a   Attinger, Christopher E ^a   Graw, Kate ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE SURGERY; NEUROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ALGORITHM; AMPUTATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AMPUTATION; AMPUTATION STUMPS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 40549115381     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000299281.57480.77     Document Type: Article

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