After an amputation, some patients may feel pain in their residual limbs. Post-amputation pain, categorized as phantom pain or stump pain, can be a challenging condition to treat. Phantom pain is ...

THE possibility of preventing the formation of a so-called amputation neuroma on the distal end of the proximal part of a cut peripheral nerve is one that has to be commonly faced by general and ...

There were 4 failures in this group, in which, because of spreading infection or gangrene, 3 had to have amputation at a higher level, the fourth dying of associated uremia. The last would have ...

Performed early – at the time of amputation – a procedure called targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) can reduce pain scores and prevent complications related to abnormal nerve regrowth, suggests a ...

The death of RuPaul’s Drag Race star Jiggly Caliente (Bianca Castro-Arabejo) at age 44 has cast a spotlight on the devastating risks of post-amputation infections. The Filipino-American performer, ...