The influence of preamputation pain on postamputation stump and phantom pain

L Nikolajsen, S Ilkjær, K Krøner, JH Christensen… - Pain, 1997 - Elsevier
The significance of preamputation pain for the development of postamputation stump and
phantom pain has been discussed over the years and is still a matter of dispute. It has been
argued that preamputation pain increases the risk of phantom pain and that phantom pain is
a revivification of pain experienced before the amputation. The purpose of this prospective
study was to clarify the relation between preamputation pain and phantom pain. Fifty-six
patients scheduled for amputation of a lower limb were interviewed the day before the …