Continued sciatic blockade for phantom limb pain

Levent Sahin; Mehrican Sahin; Rauf Gul; Eray Mandollu

doi:10.29333/ejgm/82478

Continued sciatic blockade for phantom limb pain

Levent Sahin, Mehrican Sahin, Rauf Gul, Eray Mandollu

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Abstract

Phantom Limb Pain (PLP) is an excruciating type of pain that gives a sensation of the continued presence of an amputated limb. Physicians have used many methods and drugs to treat PLP. We present a case of continued sciatic nerve block performed for PLP that developed after a traumatic amputation. We conclude that infusing a local anesthetic via a perineural sciatic catheter effectively treated PLP and stump pain after traumatic leg amputation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	135-137
Number of pages	3
Journal	European Journal of General Medicine
Volume	9
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82478
State	Published - 2012

Keywords

Amputation
Phantom pain
Sciatic perineural catheter
Stump pain

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