- Description
- Painful sensations in limb that has been
amputated
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- Cause:
- Formation of scar tissue (neuroma) at
transected nerve endings
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- Treatment
- Good candidate for
Spinal Cord Stimulator
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- Example
- Leg was amputated below the knee
- Pain, numbness, tingling in "foot"
(as if still attached)
- Caused by accident/vascular
insufficiency/diabetes/neoplasm
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- Results
- 50-60% pain relief
- Decreased need for medication
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