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Behavioral Therapy for Acute Post‐Surgical Phantom Limb Pain in a Young Adult With Osteosarcoma

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Phantom limb pain (PLP) is one of the most difficult chronic pain syndromes to treat. Pain intensity can be extremely high with profound effects on quality of life 1 .… Click to show full abstract

Phantom limb pain (PLP) is one of the most difficult chronic pain syndromes to treat. Pain intensity can be extremely high with profound effects on quality of life 1 . Unfortunately, pharmacologic interventions leave up to 50% of patients with chronic PLP 2,3 . Behavioral treatments such as motor imagery and mirror therapy are promising in reducing PLP 4 , but are not customarily utilized during the acute post-surgical timeframe when symptoms first occur. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Keywords: limb pain; post surgical; acute post; phantom limb; pain

Journal Title: Pain Practice
Year Published: 2019

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