Ultrasound demonstration of vascularity changes with changes in pain perception in a stump neuroma

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 253-255

  Shankar, Hariharan ^a  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Stump neuroma; Ultrasound; Vascularity

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CALCITONIN; CLONIDINE; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; HYDROMORPHONE; IMIPRAMINE; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NORTRIPTYLINE; OXYCODONE; OXYCODONE PLUS PARACETAMOL; STEROID; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; AMPUTATION STUMP; ANAMNESIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; PHANTOM PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; VASCULARIZATION; BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOGRAPHY; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; PAIN;

AMPUTATION STUMPS; BLOOD VESSELS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; NEUROMA; PAIN; STEROIDS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 67649185231     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31818b2b12     Document Type: Article

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