title: Manual lymphatic drainage in management of edema in a case with CRPS: why the(y) wait?
abstract: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a disorder characterized by pain, edema, skin color changes and autonomic abnormalities. Its treatment is quite difficult and in most of the patients effective results cannot be reached. Manual lymphatic drainage is a very rare method for managing limb edema in CRPS. In this case report, the dramatic response of an excessive edema to lymphatic drainage was discussed in a CRPS patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, GATA TSK Rehabilitasyon Merkezi, 06530, Bilkent Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Safaz
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tok
authors.forename: Mehmet Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Taşkaynatan
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozgul
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008405:Massage; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome