Intravenous regional sympathetic block: past, present and future?
Intravenous regional sympathetic block is a valued component of the pain clinician's armamentarium for the management of the complex regional pain syndrome type 1. Treatment of this multifaceted condition is multimodal, and despite a lack of convincing supporting evidence from clinical trials, the author makes the case for retaining the technique while recommending both appropriate guidance and further study.
Lake
Alfred P J
AP
Glan Clwyd Hospital, Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, United Kingdom. apjlake@aol.com
D001340:Autonomic Nerve Block / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D020918:Complex Regional Pain Syndromes / Q000145:classification / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous