Pain and Disability Outcomes in Post Amputation Patients
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Summary
The objective of this study is to evaluate efficacy of varied medical and procedural therapies used to treat pain after surgical amputation of a limb. The primary outcome will be assessment of pain severity at rest and with movement as measured by pain scores on Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) 0 to 10, where 0 is not pain and 10 is the worst pain possible, taken on post-operative day 1, day 7, 30 days, 90 days, 6 months, and 1 year (+/- 3 days at each time point).
Description
The objective of this study is to evaluate efficacy of varied medical and procedural therapies used to treat pain for surgical amputation of a limb. At present there are number of different type of therapies are performed in the patients who is going through an amputation of any limb for management of their pain adequately such as peripheral nerve block, epidurals, peripheral nerve stimulators etc. However, the effects of these different procedures performed at different time intervals have not been evaluated for their effects on phantom pain and somatic pain long term after the procedures in…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–89 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Ages between 18 and 89 years old, inclusive 2. Patients scheduled for surgical limb amputation at Penn State Hershey Medical Center Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients who cannot cooperate or consent 2. Patients who cannot understand or speak English 3. Patients with a history of chronic regional pain syndromes 4. Patients suffering from alcohol and/or drug abuse -based on previous Dx listed in the MRN 5. BMI \>50
Location
- Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical CenterHershey, Pennsylvania