title: Complex regional pain syndrome.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Section of Anaesthesia, University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ehikhametalor
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Treasure
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McGaw
mesh_terms: D002422:Causalgia / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged