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. 2020 May 6;5(2):e0067. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.OA.19.00067

TABLE III.

Outcome Data*

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.