Phantom Limb Pain in Daily Practice-Still a Lot of Work to Do!

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1611-1626

  Kern, Uwe ^a   Busch, Volker ^b   Müller, Ruben ^c   Kohl, Matthias ^d   Birklein, Frank ^e  

^a Centre for Pain Management and Palliative Care   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amputees; Health Survey; Opioid; Pain; Phantom Limb; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; OPIATE; STEROID;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CRYOTHERAPY; DISABLED PERSON; DRUG EFFICACY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUROMA; PATIENT CARE; PHANTOM PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAXATION TRAINING; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871371326     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01494.x     Document Type: Article

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