Mehrican ŞAHİN, Levent ŞAHİN, Eray MANDOLLU, Rauf GÜL

Continued sciatic blockade for phantom limb pain

Fantom uzuv ağrısı (FUA) ampute uzvun devamlı olarak varlığının hissedildiği şiddetli bir ağrı türüdür. Hekimler FUA tedavisi için pek çok metod ve ilaç kullanmışlardır. Biz travmatik amputasyon sonrası gelişen FUA için uyguladığımız devamlı siyatik blok olgusunu sunuyoruz. Biz perinöral siyatik kateter ile yapılan devamlı lokal anestezik infüzyonunun travmatik bacak amputasyonu sonrası gelişen güdük ağrısı ve FUA yı etkin olarak tedavi ettiği sonucuna vardık.

Fantom uzuv ağrısı için devamlı siyatik blok

Phantom Limb Pain (PLP) is an excruciating type of pain that gives a sensation of the continued presence of an amputated limb. Physicians have used many methods and drugs to treat PLP. We present a case of continued sciatic nerve block performed for PLP that developed after a traumatic amputation. We conclude that infusing a local anesthetic via a perineural sciatic catheter ef- fectively treated PLP and stump pain after traumatic leg amputation.

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