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Pain in traumatic upper limb amputees in Sierra Leone

Lacoux PA, Crombie IK, Macrae WA
2002-09-01 • Pain
2002-09-01 • Pain
Data on 40 upper limb amputees (11 bilateral) with regard to stump pain, phantom sensation and phantom pain is presented. All the patients lost their limbs as a result of violent injurie...
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Field research in humanitarian medical programmes. Treatment of neuropathic pain in Sierra Leone

Lacoux PA, Lassalle X, McGoldrick PM, Crombie IK, Macrae WA
2008-01-31 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2008-01-31 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
A pilot study was carried out among 223 war wounded and amputees in Sierra Leone in 2001 to investigate whether an intervention using proven medication for clinically diagnosed neuropath...
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Treatment of neuropathic pain in Sierra Leone

Lacoux PA, Ford NP
2002-07-01 • Lancet Neurology
2002-07-01 • Lancet Neurology
During Sierra Leone's violent decade-long war, the warring parties used amputation, especially of arms, as a means of terror. In a camp for amputees in the capital city Freetown, Médecin...