Post Amputation Pain
This topic was examined in
- March 2022
- March 2019
- March 2015
So we thought we'd focus on what you're likely to get asked.
What are the leading causes of amputation?
- Peripheral vascular disease (including diabetes)
- Trauma
- Malignancy
- Infection
Why is amputation so painful?
- Large degree of tissue injury
- Peripheral, spinal and cortical loci of pain generation
- Nociceptive pain due to soft tissue and bone injury
- Neuropathic pain from neural injury
- Central sensitisation
Which nerves need blocking for lower limb amputation?
Below knee
- Sciatic
- Saphenous
Above knee
- Sciatic
- Femoral
- Obturator