Neuropathic pain doesn’t just affect the body – it also alters the brain. Chronic pain of this nature often leads to depression, anxiety, social isolation and a deep sense of helplessness.

Phantom limb pain affects nearly 40 percent of amputees, often persisting despite medications and therapy. Reconstructive surgeon Shaun Mendenhall, MD, outlines why surgical techniques are now ...

Phantom pain is a sharp, stabbing or burning pain which is interpreted as “real” by the amputee when the limb has been lost and the limb is still perceived as present.

Dave Kresel visits with Dr. Hector Campbell at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks. Kresel, of Grand Forks, says a procedure that reconnects nerves to reduce phantom pain changed his life.

New procedure offers hope to amputees and paraplegics with phantom pain. Up to 80% of amputees experience it, but this procedure can help.

A new procedure is giving patients hope their phantom pain will go away.

Konami has rightly leaned heavily on Metal Gear Solid V's brilliant mechanics to counter dated gameplay decisions in Metal Gear Solid Delta.

Tulavi Therapeutics has received a de novo clearance from the FDA for a surgical kit designed to help reduce long-term phantom limb pains among people who have had an amputation. The Allay nerve ...

Spinal cord stimulation can elicit sensation in the missing foot and alleviate phantom limb pain in people with lower limb amputations, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine rehabilitation ...

Phantom pain is an unfortunately common affliction for amputees, and is believed to originate from nervous system signal confusions between the spinal cord and brain.

UCSD researchers are studying whether psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, has any effect on phantom limb pain.

Americans in pain: Confronting the phantom limbs of America’s foreign wars The wound of the War on Terror, up close and personal ...