Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Case | Sex | Age (years) | Duration of symptoms prior to injection (years) | Amputation
|
Stump pain (NRS)
|
Phantom pain | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site | Side | Intermittent sharp (paroxysmal) | Continuous burning (abiding) | |||||
| 1 | F | 57 | 18 | Above knee | L | 9 | 8 | + |
| 2 | M | 45 | 15 | Above knee | L | 10 | 9 | + |
| 3 | M | 48 | 8 | Above knee | R | 9 | 9 | − |
| 4 | F | 66 | 26 | Below knee | R | 10 | 7 | + |
| 5 | M | 67 | 22 | Hip joint | L | 10 | 7 | + |
| 6 | F | 82 | 42 | Below elbow | R | 10 | 6 | − |
| 7 | F | 32 | 3 | Above elbow | R | 9 | 7 | + |
| 8 | F | 58 | 16 | Above knee | L | 9 | 7 | + |
| R | 9 | 8 | + | |||||
| 9 | M | 62 | 24 | Above knee | L | 10 | 8 | + |
| 10 | M | 76 | 8 | Above elbow | L | 10 | 8 | + |
| 11 | M | 48 | 12 | Shoulder joint | R | 10 | 6 | − |
| 12 | M | 45 | 3 | Below knee | R | 10 | 9 | + |
Abbreviations: NRS, numerical rating scale; F, female; M, female; L, left; R, right.