Complex regional pain syndrome.
A previously well fifty-five year-old female household helper developed complex regional pain syndrome Type II (reflex sympathetic dystrophy) following a minor injury to her left hand. She had marked hyperaesthesia and allodynia and was unable to perform her household work and to participate in the required physiotherapy. Following a series of stellate ganglion block, neurostimulation as well as physical therapy, there was a dramatic improvement in her condition and she was able to return to normal function.
Ehikhametalor
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Department of Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Section of Anaesthesia, University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies.
Nelson
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Treasure
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McGaw
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D002422:Causalgia / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged