An 11-year-old girl with reflex sympathetic dystrophy successfully treated by thoracoscopic sympathectomy.
We report on an 11-year-old girl with reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) complaining of severe pain in her right upper extremity. Oral administration of narcotics or non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs gave no relief in pain. Thoracoscopic electrocauterization of the thoracic sympathetic ganglion at the level of T3 was performed 3 months after the start of symptoms, and brought complete resolution of pain.
Honjyo
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K
Department of Pediatrics, Saga Medical School, Saga City, Japan.
Hamasaki
Y
Y
Kita
M
M
Harano
K
K
Totoki
T
T
Miyazaki
S
S
D001132:Arm; D002648:Child; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D015171:Ganglionectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy