Reflex sympathetic dystrophy in children.
This report presents the case of an 8-year-old boy who underwent a second clubfoot operation following early-stage reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD). After other conditions had been ruled out, the patient was submitted to physiotherapy supported by antiphlogistic and analgesic drugs as well as a partial immobilisation of the affected extremity. He remained asymptomatic during the following 4 weeks. RSD in children is not a well-recognised entity. This case of early-stage RSD illustrates the need to be aware of this possible complications after operation in the differential diagnosis of local pain and swelling of a limb.
Petje
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Speising Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
Aigner
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D002648:Child; D003025:Clubfoot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010027:Osteotomy; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011859:Radiography; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation