Amputation-related phantom limb pain in Nigeria: A prospective cohort study

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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Main Authors: Arinze D. G. Nwosu, Ifeanyi A Anikwe, Bonaventure I Eze, Edmund N Ossai, Fidelis A Onyekwulu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Nigerian Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
africa
american society of anesthesiologists physical status grade
amputees
phantom limb pain
Online Access:http://www.njmonline.org/article.asp?issn=1115-2613;year=2020;volume=29;issue=2;spage=208;epage=216;aulast=Nwosu

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