Phantom limb pain. Treatment with dorsal column stimulation.
Good to excellent relief of phantom pain is reported in 5 of 6 patients by the use of dorsal column stimulation. Follow-up periods are 7 to 25 months. One failure occurred despite excellent pain relief; this patient could not tolerate application of the DCS apparatus to his chest wall. The authors review the physiology involved and some less successful series reported by others.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010591:Phantom Limb / Q000628:therapy*; D013116:Spinal Cord