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JOURNAL OF PAIN RESEARCH
Volume 15, Issue -, Pages 3349-3367Publisher
DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S355278
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phantom pain; phantom sensations; stump pain; residual limb pain
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Phantom limb pain is a common and challenging condition with no consensus on optimal management and varying clinical responses to available treatments.
Phantom limb pain (PLP) is a common condition that occurs following both upper and lower limb amputation. First recognized and described in 1551 by Ambroise Pare, research into its underlying pathology and effective treatments remains a very active and growing field. To date, however, there is little consensus regarding the optimal management of phantom limb pain. With few large well-designed clinical trials of which to make treatment recommendations, as well as significant heterogeneity in clinical response to available treatments, the management of PLP remains challenging. Below we summarize the current state of knowledge in the field, as well as propose an algorithm for the approach to the treatment of PLP.
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