Patients with lower limb amputation experience ambulation disorders since they rely exclusively on visual information in addition to the tactile information they receive from stump–socket interface.

In patients who undergo lower limb orthopedic surgery, the use of single-shot femoral nerve block is associated with an ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of peripheral nerve stimulation may reduce pain scores and opioid consumption after lower limb amputation, ...

Many personal injuries involve damage to one or more of the nerves in the lower extremity. There are many technical medical terms that will arise in litigating injuries to the lower extremity. In ...

Extremity reconstruction surgery can be life-changing for people whose hands, arms or legs have been affected by cancer, an infection, a traumatic injury, congenital (birth) defect, or other ...

Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2007;3(6):331-340. Recent developments in our understanding of pain perception have shown that transmission of painful stimuli depends on activation of sodium channels that are ...

Phantom limb pain affects nearly 40 percent of amputees, often persisting despite medications and therapy. Reconstructive surgeon Shaun Mendenhall, MD, outlines why surgical techniques are now ...