Targeted muscle reinnervation for managing limb amputation pain
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Description
When a portion of an arm or a leg is surgically removed (limb amputation), nerves at the end of the limb are cut. This often results in persisting limb pains of 2 types: residual limb pain often resulting from nerve endings forming painful benign tumours, or phantom limb pain felt in the removed part of the limb. These pains can be difficult to treat with standard pain relief and sometimes do not go away even with treatment. Targeted muscle reinnervation involves rerouting the nerves that were cut, by attaching them to other nerves in nearby muscles (reinnervation). The aim of the procedure is to manage pain after limb amputation.
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