title: Role of the sympathetic nervous system in painful nerve injury.
abstract: The purpose of this article has been to heighten awareness of the recognition, diagnosis, and therapy of the sympathetically maintained pain syndromes. Classification of RSD and causalgia as semantic subdivisions of SMP should be maintained until further laboratory and clinical analyses, with strict uniform diagnostic criteria, define similarities or differences in clinical behavior and therapeutic responses.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland.
authors.forename: O R
authors.initials: OR
authors.lastname: O'Neill
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Burchiel
mesh_terms: D001340:Autonomic Nerve Block; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D059348:Peripheral Nerve Injuries; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery