Stump pain

Classification according to ICD-10
T92.6	Consequences of crushing or traumatic amputation of the upper extremity
T93.6	Consequences of crushing or traumatic amputation of the lower extremity
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

In medicine, stump pain is understood to mean pain in the stump of an amputated part of the body, usually the arm or leg. Stump pain can have various causes, such as circulatory disorders , pressure sores from poorly fitting prostheses , skin defects or neuromas .

A distinction must be made between stump pain and phantom pain , which is felt in the part of the body that has already been amputated, although it is no longer there.

The treatment of residual limb pain is determined by the triggering cause and includes, for example, the targeted sclerotherapy of neuromas. In the case of phantom pain, however, a causal treatment is not possible.

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