The mechanism and treatment of phantom limb pain: a yearbook of June 2018 to June 2019

At present, phantom limb pain (RLP) is still a very significant problem after amputation and their causes are only partially known. The treatment of phantom limb pain is also unsatisfactory. This paper summarized the research on phantom limb pain in the past one year, including mirror therapy, virtual integrated environment therapy, transcranial stimulation, cortical stimulation therapy, semicircular canal stimulation therapy, the study of predictive factors before and after phantom limb operation. Key words: Phantom limb; Neuralgia