The management of pain due to amputation.
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.
Martín
Manuel Ojeda
MO
Unidad de Medicina Paliative, Hospital Universitario Gran Canaria, Las Palmeras, Spain.
Gómez Sancho
Marco
M
Morlion
Bart
B
Simpson
Karen
K
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
D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D010098:Oxycodone