Naslov
Phantom pain - case report.

Autori
Šarčević, Željko ; Matić, Ivo ; Šakić, K ; Lučić, Ivo ; Mirković, Ivan ; Jurjević, Matija

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Izvornik
Liječnički vjesnik 2005 ; 127(suppl.2) / - , 2005

Skup
1st Internatiobnal Symposium on Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Control 1st Croatian Congress of Regional Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Mjesto i datum
Dubrovnik, Hrvatska, 16.06.2005. - 18.06.2005

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija

Ključne riječi
Phantom pain; report

Sažetak
Phantom pain is defined as pain appearing on either one part or several parts of human body. Theoretically, phantom pain can appear after any surgical or traumatical amputation of a part of human body, but in reality it appears exclusively after amputation of either upper or lower extremities. During amputation, a part of the innervated organ is lost, but some patients are aware of the lost organ is different modalities, often expressed as pain. The pain is almost always chronic. This article presents a case of a 52-year-old patient. Patient was injured during the War in Croatia. She had her forearm amputated during medical treatment. The phantom pain appeared immediately after surgery. As conservative treatment and multiple surgical interventions proved to be unsuccessful, she was implanted a permanent catheter in the plexus brachialis region. The patient was educated and she has been applicating 3-5 ml 0.5% bupivacain 1 per day (for the last 5 years). She doesn't use any other analgesics, except sometimes gabapentin. It has been pointed out that it is possible to treat phantom pain by using continuous blockade of the damaged nerve with local anaesthetic applied through an implanted catheter.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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