A Prospective Randomized Double-blinded Pilot Study to Examine the Effect of Botulinum Toxin Type A Injection Versus Lidocaine/Depomedrol Injection on Residual and Phantom Limb Pain

Abstract

Both Botox and Lidocaine/Depomedrol injections resulted in immediate improvement of RLP (not PLP) and pain tolerance, which lasted for 6 months in amputees who failed in conventional treatments.