Phantom Limb Pain Relieved with Different Modalities of Central Nervous System Stimulation: A Clinical and Functional Imaging Case Report of Two Patients

Phantom limb pain (PLP) is a type of neuropathic pain syndrome that has evoked much interest in scientific and clinical fields. The condition is often intractable and severely debilitating. Though there are anecdotal reports in the literature of successful management of individual cases with brain and spinal cord stimulation, it has not been possible to develop a system of management that is consistently successful, mainly due to the paucity of …