title: Reflex sympathetic dystrophy. An exaggerated regional inflammatory response?
abstract: Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) is a syndrome affecting an extremity after a minor trauma or operation. Currently, there is no consensus about the pathogenesis of RSD. The authors performed various clinical and experimental investigations, including studies of the effects of anti-inflammatory treatment, that support the hypothesis that RSD is the result of an exaggerated inflammatory response to injury or surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: van der Laan
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Goris
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D005121:Extremities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012881:Skin Temperature; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents