TABLE III.
Postop. employment status (% [no.]) | |
Employed full time | 36% (9) |
Student | 4% (1) |
Unemployed, seeking work | 4% (1) |
Retired | 20% (5) |
Unemployed, disabled | 36% (9) |
Reported daily prosthetic use (% [no./total no.]) | |
Overall | 76% (19/25) |
Upper-extremity prosthetic use | 40% (2/5) |
Lower-extremity prosthetic use | 85% (17/20) |
Neuromodulator (NM) medication use (% [no./total no.]) | |
NM use at latest follow-up | 56% (14/25) |
Successful discontinuation of NM use (use preceding TMR) | 0% (5/5 continued) |
New chronic NM use following amputation and TMR | 45% (9/20) |
Opioid medication use (% [no./total no.]) | |
Opioid use at latest follow-up | 16% (4/25) |
Successful discontinuation of chronic opioid use (use preceding TMR) | 50% (4/8 continued) |
New chronic opioid use following amputation and TMR | 0% (0/17) |
RLP score† | |
Interference | 8 (8-8) [32] |
Intensity | 4 (3-6) [10] |
Behavior | 7 (7-14.5) [33] |
PLP score† | |
Interference | 8 (8-8) [30] |
Intensity | 4 (3-5.5) [10] |
Behavior | 14 (7-16) [30] |
Pain temporality (% [no./total no.]) | |
No pain | 48% (12/25) |
Pain events without pain in between | 44% (11/25) |
Steady pain with slight changes | 4% (1/25) |
Steady pain with intense pain attacks | 4% (1/25) |
TMR = targeted muscle reinnervation, PLP = phantom limb pain, and RLP = residual limb pain.
The values are given as the median, with the interquartile range (IQR) in parentheses and the maximum in square brackets.