Amputation-related phantom limb pain in Nigeria: A prospective cohort study
Background: Phantom limb pain (PLP) is a common and distressing complication of limb amputations. Literature on PLP in Nigeria and indeed Africa is scant despite the high rate of amputations in published works. We sought to highlight the burden of PLP among Nigerian amputees in order to improve awar...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2020-01-01
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Series: | Nigerian Journal of Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.njmonline.org/article.asp?issn=1115-2613;year=2020;volume=29;issue=2;spage=208;epage=216;aulast=Nwosu |