21.Phantom pain

Pain Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 403-413

  Wolff, Andre ^a   Vanduynhoven, Eric ^b   Van Kleef, Maarten ^c   Huygen, Frank ^d   Pope, Jason E ^e   Mekhail, Nagy ^e  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Evidence based medicine; Phantom limb pain; Phantom pain

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCITONIN; CAPSAICIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETANERCEPT; GABAPENTIN; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; MEMANTINE; MEXILETINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; TRAMADOL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENUCLEATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; MASTECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL GANGLION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 79960183060     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2011.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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