Rerouting Nerves During Amputation Reduces Phantom Limb Pain Before It Starts
December 27, 2018
December 27, 2018
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 27 -- Ohio State University issued the following news:
Doctors at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine are pioneering the use of primary targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) to prevent or reduce debilitating phantom limb and stump pain in amputees.
Losing a limb due to trauma, cancer or poor circulation can result in phantom limb and stump pain in upwards of 75 percent of amputees in the United States. Primary TMR - . . .
Doctors at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine are pioneering the use of primary targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) to prevent or reduce debilitating phantom limb and stump pain in amputees.
Losing a limb due to trauma, cancer or poor circulation can result in phantom limb and stump pain in upwards of 75 percent of amputees in the United States. Primary TMR - . . .