Sympathetic dysfunction in patients with persistent pain after prolapsed disc surgery. A thermographic study.
Vasomotor function in the lower limbs was tested by means of thermography in 48 patients with and without residual complaints after surgery for a prolapsed intervertebral disc. There is a definite correlation between the severity of the complaints and the thermographic responses which corresponds well with the evidence for a sympathetic reflex dystrophy of the legs (causalgia).
Department of Neurosurgery, Academisch Ziekenhuis, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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D000328:Adult; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery*; D007866:Leg / Q000294:innervation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D012585:Sciatica / Q000601:surgery; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013817:Thermography