Book chapter
Amputation Pain Management
Pain Management
IntechOpen
2021
DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.93846
Abstract
Considerable number of new amputations yearly in the United States and internationally represent considerable population experiencing pain that is not just acutely from surgical insult but chronically that is related to phantom limb pain and residual limb pain. This chronic pain can last from weeks to years in these patients and lead to other debilitation such as depression, anxiety and even opioid addiction. Early interventions help lessen long-term pain for these patients. These interventions include nerve blockade as well as multi-modal therapy. Understanding the pathophysiology of the pain experienced by these patients will better allow any provider to care for these patients effectively and help alleviate chronic pain in the long term.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Amputation Pain Management
- Creators
- Melinda Seering - University of Iowa, AnesthesiaSangini Punia - University of Iowa, Anesthesia
- Contributors
- Viduranga Yashasvi Waisundara (Editor)Ines Banjari (Editor)Jelena Balkić (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Pain Management
- DOI
- 10.5772/intechopen.93846
- Publisher
- IntechOpen
- Number of pages
- 300
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2021
- Academic Unit
- Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9984425353002771
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