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Phantom Limb
Phantom limb refers to a particularly agonizing sensation that the body perceives of a body part no longer in existence. Ambrose Pare, who was a French army surgeon during the 16th century, was the first person that was able to introduce this pain. From that time, a number of studies that relate to phantom limbs have been carried out because of the vast number of patients whose body parts went missing in the First, as well as Second World Wars. Nonetheless, the components of phantom limb research, which include pathological physiology and etiology have no clear elucidation to date. The pain appears in roughly 90% of all amputees, whether medical or accidental. This pain may come about as a result