title: The management of pain due to amputation.
abstract: Current approaches to the management of pain due to amputation are presented by two Spanish pain specialists with additional commentaries on care of such patients by pain specialists from Belgium and the United Kingdom. Contemporary pharmacotherapy and nondrug interventions are described.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Medicina Paliative, Hospital Universitario Gran Canaria, Las Palmeras, Spain.
authors.forename: Manuel Ojeda
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Martín
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gómez Sancho
authors.forename: Bart
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Morlion
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D004188:Disarticulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology; D010098:Oxycodone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care; D010591:Phantom Limb / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D010098:Oxycodone