title: [Pain syndromes following amputation. Analysis of 100 affected patients with chronic stump and phantom pain].
abstract: One hundred amputees (m = 95, f = 5) with a pain syndrome were analysed. In 80 patients post-amputation pain of the lower, in 20 of the upper, extremities presented. Thirty-two patients suffered bouts of pain, 68 constant pain of various types. The most commonly cited type of pain in the patients with intermittent pain was lancinating, in the case of constant pain a burning sensation. In some patients pain occurred immediately after the loss of the limb, in others not until several years, or even decades, later. Forty per cent of our patients indicated that the incidence and intensity of the pain increased with time. Neurological, orthopedic and internistic causes of stump or phantom pain have been described. In 72% of the patients with constant pain and in 34% of those suffering from bouts of pain, an algogenic psychosyndrome had developed. Complications and late sequelae of amputations are of considerable significance for the development and intensity of stump and phantom pain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wörz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wörz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010591:Phantom Limb / Q000209:etiology*; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Schmerzsyndrome nach Amputation. Analyse 100 Betroffener mit chronischen Stumpf- und Phantomschmerzen.