Chronic pain is the leading cause of disability in the United States. The transition from acute
to persistent pain is thought to arise from maladaptive neuroplastic mechanisms involving …

Background: The evolution of military medical care to manage polytrauma, critically ill-
wounded warriors from the greater war on terrorism has been accompanied by significant …

Background We describe a multidisciplinary approach for comprehensive care of amputees
with concurrent targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) at the time of amputation. Methods Our …

Neuropathic pain is difficult to diagnose in veterinary patients because they are unable to
verbalize their pain. By assuming that neuropathic pain may exist based on the history of …

BACKGROUND: There are very few data currently published on risk factors for early failure
of lower extremity amputation procedures. STUDY DESIGN: All patients from the 2005 …

Methods: The prevalence of PLP, stump pain (SP), and PLS was prospectively analyzed
from the amputated cancer patients over a period of 2 years in Dr. BRA Institute Rotary …

Postamputation limb pain or phantom limb pain (PLP) develops due to the complex interplay
of peripheral and central sensitization. The pain mechanisms are different during the initial …

Acute and chronic pain in trauma patients remains a challenging entity, particularly in the
setting of the escalating opioid epidemic. It has been reported that chronic opioid use …

In modern times, World War II, Vietnam, Israeli, Iraqi, Yugoslavian and Afghani wars have
been responsible for many sad cases of traumatic amputations in otherwise healthy people …

Study design: Narrative review. Method: Eight bibliographic databases were searched for
studies published in the (last five years up until Feb 2017). For the two database searches …