[The surgeon's viewpoint concerning Complex Regional Pain Syndrome 1]

Ann Fr Anesth Reanim. 2012 Jan;31(1):e33-8. doi: 10.1016/j.annfar.2011.11.013. Epub 2011 Dec 23.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The complex regional pain syndrome type 1 from the surgeon's point of view: description of the symptoms, imaging (nuclear medicine, MRI) and of the associated psychological context. Importance of the need for a multi-disciplinary organization from the diagnostic to the therapeutic care.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Attitude of Health Personnel
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Pain, Postoperative / therapy
  • Physicians
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / diagnosis
  • Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / pathology
  • Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / psychology
  • Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / surgery*
  • Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / therapy*
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative*
  • Wounds and Injuries / complications