Phantom phenomena in mastectomized patients and their relation to chronic and acute pre-mastectomy pain
- 1 January 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Pain
- Vol. 107 (1) , 140-146
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2003.10.007
Abstract
Chronic and acute pre-mastectomy pain as well as prevalence and characteristics of phantom phenomena following mastectomy were investigated by interview in a sample of 39 women who had undergone unilateral breast amputation. Twenty of 39 participants reported phantom sensations in the breastKeywords
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