[AMP-L] Dr Katleho Limakatso On Pain Management For Amputees PLP [Audio]

[Wayne Renardson]

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.