[AMP-L] Dr Katleho Limakatso On Pain Management For Amputees PLP
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Wayne Renardson
wayne.renardson at comcast.net
Mon Jul 25 05:00:34 PDT 2022
via Cape Talk:
A UCT doctoral study by Dr Katleho Limakatso has broken new ground
on pain management for amputees experiencing phantom limb pain.
A newly capped University of Cape Town PhD graduate is being launded
for his ground-breaking research into pain management for amputees
experiencing phantom limb pain.
Dr Katleho Limakatso completed his doctorate in just three years and
last week became UCT´s first black PhD in Anaesthesia and
Perioperative Medicine.
Dr Limakatso spoke to CapeTalk's Sara-Jayne King about his research
how his findings can be used to help amputees.
Katleho first came across phantom limb pain as an undergraduate
training at Victoria Hospital in Wynberg.
A patient was experiencing unbearable pain in his left foot. But
after finding that the patient´s left leg had been amputated, Katleho
was left bewildered.
How could he still feel pain where there was nothing?
The rest of the story, with photo & audio, here:
https://tinyurl.com/2djc2sum
Wayne R.
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