Brachial plexus block in phantom limb pain: A case report

Pain Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1649-1654

  Preißler, Sandra ^a   Dietrich, Caroline ^a   Meissner, Winfried ^b   Huonker, Ralph ^c   Hofmann, Gunther O ^c,d   Miltner, Wolfgang H R ^a   Weiss, Thomas ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Clinic for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care   (Germany)

^c JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^d BG KLINIKEN BERGMANNSTROST   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Diagnostic blockade; Functional blockade; Phantom limb pain; Phantom limb sensation

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; PRILOCAINE;

ABNORMAL SENSATION; ADULT; ARM PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CORTICAL REORGANIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC AXILLARY BLOCKADE; DRAGGING PAIN; DYNAMIC ARM PROSTHESIS; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIRROR THERAPY; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHANTOM LIMB SENSATION; PHANTOM PAIN; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REHABILITATION CARE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 81855206100     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2011.01247.x     Document Type: Article

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