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Most people with amputations should not experience pain that interferes with
their quality of life or requires regular medication more than 6 months following
the amputation surgery. In fact, most people with amputations do not experience
significant pain more than 3 months following the amputation. However, the
clinician must specifically define what these patients mean when they relate that
they have pain. The pain must be carefully differentiated to treat it properly.
Most problematic pain that is present more than 6 months after amputation is
related to a poorly fitting prosthesis and should be labeled as residual limb
pain.
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