PHANTOM LIMB SYNDROME INCIDENCE BY AMPUTATION OF LOWER LIMB AT HOSPITAL SANTO TOMAS FROM MAY TO JULY 2019.

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Published: Jul 28, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37416/rmc.v34i1.550
Keywords:
Miembro Fantasma , Dolor en el miembro fantasma, pseudomelia Phantom limb, phatom limb pain, pseudomelia

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Mariel Armuelles
Médico Funcionario especialista en Anestesiología del Servicio de Anestesiología del Hospital Aquilino Tejeira.
Marjorie Errigo
Médico funcionario especialista en Anestesiología y algiología del Servicio de la clínica del dolor y cuidados paliativos y del Servicio de Anestesiología del Hospital Santo Tomás

Abstract

Phantom limb syndrome is made up of the following three entities: phantom limb sensation, phantom limb pain and stump pain. The etiology is not clearly established and its pathophysiology involves peripheral, central and psychological mechanisms.


A prospective observational study was carried out in 28 patients, an evaluation was made on the patient before, and up to 1 month after surgery, with the aim of determining the incidence of this syndrome in patients who underwent amputation of any part of the lower limb. Twenty-three (82%) of amputees were patients with diabetes mellitus and an incidence of 17.86% of phantom limb syndrome was obtained. One month after the surgical procedure, 8 (27%) of the cases presented phantom limb pain, 7 (24%) stump pain and 13 (46%) phantom limb sensation.

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Armuelles M, Errigo M. PHANTOM LIMB SYNDROME INCIDENCE BY AMPUTATION OF LOWER LIMB AT HOSPITAL SANTO TOMAS FROM MAY TO JULY 2019. Rev Méd Cient [Internet]. 2021Jul.28 [cited 2025Dec.29];34(1):21-9. Available from: https://www.revistamedicocientifica.org/index.php/rmc/article/view/550
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Vol. 34 No. 1 (2021)
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