Stannard C F
Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.
Br J Hosp Med. 1993;50(10):583-4, 586-7.
Phantom limb pain is a common sequel to amputation, whether traumatic or surgical. Provision of a pain-free interval before surgery is likely to reduce the incidence of the condition. The possible mechanisms of pain perception in an absent body part and the reasons for the frequent failure of conventional therapy are discussed here.
幻肢痛是截肢（无论是创伤性还是手术性）后的常见后遗症。术前提供无疼痛间歇期可能会降低该病的发生率。本文讨论了在缺失身体部位产生疼痛感知的可能机制以及传统治疗常常失败的原因。
