Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Anestezi Dergisi, cilt.17, sa.4, ss.227-229, 2009 (Scopus)
Every year, nearly 185,000 people undergo limb amputation in the United States. Many of these individuals go on to develop secondary pain syndromes such as phantom limb pain, stump pain, and back pain. The prevalence of post-amputation stump pain varies widely from 10% to 76%, depending on the study quoted. Local injections into the stump neuroma commonly render short-term relief with risk of infection. Furthermore, patients who are considered for surgical neurectomy of the stump are at risk for poor wound healing and infection of the stump. Pharmaceutical agents consisting of a combination of antiepileptic, antidepressants, and analgesics are the first line of management. Pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) has gained popularity in recent years for the treatment of neuropathic pain because of its minimally destructive nature. In this case report we reported our results after PRF application who was admited to our pain clinic with stump pain after 2 years of right leg amputation.