Pulsed radiofrequency treatment of lower extremity phantom limb pain

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 736-739

  Wilkes, Denise ^a   Ganceres, Natalie ^a   Solanki, Daneshvari ^a   Hayes, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Analgesia; Neuropathy; Phantom limb pain; Phantom limb sensation; Pulsed radiofrequency; Stump pain

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; GABAPENTIN; HYDROCODONE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; PREGABALIN; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PAIN; LONG TERM CARE; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHANTOM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SCIATIC NERVE; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEANING; AGNOSIA; AMPUTATION; CATHETER ABLATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AMPUTATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM LIMB;

EID: 58149390444     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e318170d758     Document Type: Article

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