No surgeon who may be called upon to amputate a limb can afford to disregard the problem of fitting a prosthetic appliance to the resulting stump. Mr. Muirhead Little has recorded his conclusions, ...

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After an amputation, some patients may feel pain in their residual limbs. Post-amputation pain, categorized as phantom pain or stump pain, can be a challenging condition to treat. Phantom pain is ...

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