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ArticleInterventional pain medicine2024

Sciatic-nerve radiofrequency ablation for phantom limb pain: A case report.

Melissa Schwartz, Pranamya Suri, Scott Benkovic, Eric Muneio, Nikhil Gopal, Akhil Chhatre

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Article in Interventional pain medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Melissa SchwartzDepartment of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1800 Orleans St, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.
Pranamya SuriDepartment of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1800 Orleans St, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.
Scott BenkovicDepartment of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1800 Orleans St, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.
Eric MuneioDepartment of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1800 Orleans St, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.
Nikhil GopalDepartment of Transitional Medicine, Detroit Medical Center Sinai-Grace Hospital, 6071 Outer Dr W, Detroit, MI, 48235, USA.
Akhil ChhatreDepartment of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1800 Orleans St, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phantom and residual limb pain are commonly experienced by the majority of amputees, and are often difficult to treat not adequately relieved with medical treatment alone. While extensively studied, the pathophysiology of refractory pain is still unclear, with many proposed mechanisms under investigation (Wilkes et al., 2008). Limited existing literature suggests percutaneous interventions including radiofrequency ablation (RFA) may be promising treatment modalities for patients who have pain refractory to oral agents (Sperry et al., 2023). We present a patient with persistent phantom limb and cancer-associated acetabular pain following hip disarticulation who underwent sciatic-notch RFA for pain management.

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