Warning: file_get_contents(https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&id=26516506
&cmd=llinks): Failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests
in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 215
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 211.6 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 211.6 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 211.6 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 211.6 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 211.6 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 245.2 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 245.2 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 245.2 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 245.2 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Warning: imagejpeg(C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\phplern\26516506
.jpg): Failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 117 Br+J+Pain
2013 ; 7
(2
): 95-100
Nephropedia Template TP
gab.com Text
Twit Text FOAVip
Twit Text #
English Wikipedia
Aluminium foil for the prevention of post-amputation pain: a randomised,
double-blinded, placebo-controlled, crossover trial
#MMPMID26516506
Minnee RC
; Bosma J
; Lam KY
; Wisselink W
; Vahl AC
Br J Pain
2013[May]; 7
(2
): 95-100
PMID26516506
show ga
INTRODUCTION: Phantom limb pain (PLP) is a painful sensation perceived in the
missing limb after amputation. The underlying pathophysiology remains unclear.
Until recently, only opioid analgesics have been proven to be effective in
prospective studies. Anecdotally, patients with PLP employ self-help measures,
sometimes including 'wrapping up' or rubbing their stump with aluminium foil for
relief. Our hypothesis is that wrapping an amputation stump with aluminium foil
perioperatively will prevent PLP in the postoperative period. METHODS: From
September 2007 to September 2009, 32 consecutive patients were included in a
crossover, double-blinded, randomised clinical trial. Perioperative fitting of an
aluminium stump bandage was compared with a placebo paper foil. Scores were noted
daily in a variable diary. The observation period was 2 weeks: in the first week
participants were double blinded, and in the second week there was a change of
bandage from aluminium to placebo or vice versa. A visual analogue scale (VAS)
score was used as primary research variable. Secondary variables were use of
analgesics, VAS measures of wound pain and the incidence of wound infections.
Statistical analysis was done by means of Student's t-test for non-paired
observations. RESULTS: Baseline characteristics were similar between groups. A
period effect (p= 0.84) and treatment-period interaction (p = 0.79) were not
present. There was no significant difference (mean difference 0.42) between both
treatments in PLP VAS scores (95% CI -2.56 to -1.81, p = 0.71). VAS measure of
wound pain showed no significant difference between both groups (mean difference
0.34, 95% CI -2.32 to -1.66, p = 0.72). Also, the other secondary endpoints did
not differ. CONCLUSION: Patients receiving an aluminium foil stump wrapping do
not experience less phantom pain than with a placebo.