DORSAL CORDOTOMY FOR PAINFUL PHANTOM LIMB

Édouard Manet's Tabes Dorsalis: From Painful Ataxia to Phantom Limb.

Édouard Manet (1832-1883) is considered the 'father' of Impressionism and even of XXth century modern art. Manet's genius involved getting away from the classical narrative or historical topics and replacing them by the banality of daily life. Technically, he erased volumes into flat two-dimensional coloured planes, and distorted conventional perspective with often gross brushstrokes intentiona...

Methadone for phantom limb pain.

OBJECTIVE The objective of this case series was to determine if severe phantom limb pain could be reduced with oral methadone. DESIGN Four cases of phantom limb pain refractory to multiple treatment modalities were treated with oral methadone. SETTING Pain clinic at a major university medical center. PATIENTS Four patients with severe, intractable phantom limb pain. INTERVENTION Oral me...

Phantom limb pain.

Phantom pain is experienced by 60% to 80% of patients following limb amputation but is only severe in about 5% to 10% of cases. The mechanisms underlying pain in amputees are not fully understood, but factors in both the peripheral and central nervous system play a role. Treatment of phantom pain is not successful; a recent study on prevention of phantom pain showed negative results. The future...

Cortical reorganization in human amputees and mislocalization of painful stimuli to the phantom limb.

In human arm amputees, a significant relationship was found between the amount of reorganization in the primary somato-sensory cortex, and the amount of body surface from which painful stimuli evoked sensations that were perceived to be emanating from the now missing extremity, i.e. the phantom limb. This mislocalization could be evoked almost equally from stimulation of either side of the body...

The Phantom Limb