Percutaneous peripheral nerve stimulation for the treatment of chronic neuropathic postamputation pain: a multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

• Published in: Regional anesthesia and pain medicine Vol. 44; no. 6; pp. 637 - 645
• Main Authors: Gilmore, Christopher, Ilfeld, Brian, Rosenow, Joshua, Li, Sean, Desai, Mehul, Hunter, Corey, Rauck, Richard, Kapural, Leonardo, Nader, Antoun, Mak, John, Cohen, Steven, Crosby, Nathan, Boggs, Joseph
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.06.2019; Copyright by American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Adult; Amputation; Amputation, Surgical; Chronic pain; Clinical significance; Cross-Over Studies; Double-Blind Method; Electrodes; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Narcotics; Nervous system; Neuralgia - therapy; Neuromuscular electrical stimulation; neuropathic pain; Original article; Pain; Pain management; Pain, Postoperative; peripheral nerve stimulation; phantom pain; Placebo effect; post-amputation pain; Prospective Studies; Regional anesthesia; Skin; Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation; Ultrasonic imaging; Veins & arteries; United States > US; phantom pain; neuropathic pain; post-amputation pain; peripheral nerve stimulation
• ISSN: 1098-7339; 1532-8651; 1532-8651
• DOI: 10.1136/rapm-2018-100109

Background and objectivesChronic neuropathic pain is a common challenging condition following amputation. Recent research demonstrated the feasibility of percutaneously implanting fine-wire coiled peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) leads in proximity to the sciatic and femoral nerves for postamputat...