Miles John, Lipton Sampson
Centre for Pain Relief and Regional Department of Medical and Surgical Neurology, Walton Hospital, Liverpool 9 Great Britain.
Pain. 1978 Dec;5(4):373-382. doi: 10.1016/0304-3959(78)90006-4.
Twenty patients suffering from phantom limb pain were assessed for suitability for treatment by electrical stimulator implant to the peripheral nerve or the spinal cord. Twelve were so treated and seven obtained excellent and three partial relief of pain. One patient maintains excellent relief of pain by trancutaneous electrical stimulation. Factors that might influence the responsiveness of pain to electrical stimulation and the qualitative results from such treatment are discussed.
对20名患有幻肢痛的患者进行了评估，以确定其是否适合通过向周围神经或脊髓植入电刺激器进行治疗。其中12名患者接受了这种治疗，7名患者疼痛得到了显著缓解，3名患者疼痛得到了部分缓解。1名患者通过经皮电刺激维持了疼痛的显著缓解。本文讨论了可能影响疼痛对电刺激反应性的因素以及这种治疗的定性结果。
