Browsing by Subject "Phantom Limb"

Differential expression of systemic inflammatory mediators in amputees with chronic residual limb pain.

Chamessian, Alexander; Van de Ven, Thomas; Buchheit, Thomas; Hsia, Hung-Lun; McDuffie, Mary; Gamazon, Eric R; Walsh, Colin; ... (10 authors) (Pain, 2017-01)

Chronic postsurgical pain impacts most amputees, with more than half experiencing neuralgic residual limb pain. The transition from normal acute postamputation pain to chronic residual limb pain likely involves both peripheral ...

Pain Phenotypes and Associated Clinical Risk Factors Following Traumatic Amputation: Results from Veterans Integrated Pain Evaluation Research (VIPER).

Buchheit, Thomas; Van de Ven, Thomas; Hsia, Hung-Lun John; McDuffie, Mary; MacLeod, David B; White, William; Chamessian, Alexander; ... (10 authors) (Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 2016-01)

OBJECTIVE:To define clinical phenotypes of postamputation pain and identify markers of risk for the development of chronic pain. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study of military service members enrolled 3-18 months after traumatic ...

Residual limb pain is not a diagnosis: a proposed algorithm to classify postamputation pain.

Clarke, Collin; Lindsay, David R; Pyati, Srinivas; Buchheit, Thomas (The Clinical journal of pain, 2013-06)

BACKGROUND: Although postamputation pain (PAP) syndromes have been described since the 16th century, taxonomy of these conditions remains ill-defined. The term "Residual Limb Pain" fails to distinguish between distinct diagnostic ...