Gabapentin to Prevent Acute Phantom-Limb Pain in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Amputation

We read with great interest the article of Wang et al. in a recent issue of the journal.1 The authors performed a prospective double-blind randomized controlled trial on pediatric patients undergoing amputation to treat bone malignancy an concluded that gabapentin prevented postsurgical neuropathic pain and reduced postoperative pain intensity after amputation. The authors should be congratulated for performing a well-designed study in an important topic (e.g. persistent postsurgical pain) in patients undergoing surgery.

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