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Submitted October 30, 2024
Published 2026-02-02

Artículos de Investigación

Vol. 34 No. 1 (2021): Revista Médico Científica

Phantom limb syndrome incidence by amputation of lower limbat Santo Tomas Hospitalfrom may to july2019


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DOI: ND

Published: 2026-02-02

Abstract

Phantom limb syndrome is made up of the following three entities: phantom limb sensation, phantom limb pain and stump pain. The etiology is not clearly established and its pathophysiology involves peripheral, central and psychological mechanisms.A prospective observational study was carried out in 28 patients, an evaluation was made on the patient before, and up to 1 month after surgery, with the aim of determining the incidence of this syndrome in patients who underwent amputation of any part of the lower limb. Twenty-three (82%) of amputees were patients with diabetes mellitus and an incidence of 17.86% of phantom limb syndrome was obtained. One month after the surgical procedure, 8 (27%) of the cases presented phantom limb pain, 7 (24%) stump pain and 13 (46%) phantom limb sensation.

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