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. 2014 May;25(2):291-303.
doi: 10.1016/j.pmr.2014.01.003. Epub 2014 Mar 14.

Complex regional pain syndrome: diagnosis and treatment

Mitchell Freedman  1 , Ari C Greis  2 , Lisa Marino  3 , Anupam N Sinha  3 , Jeffrey Henstenburg  3
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Complex regional pain syndrome: diagnosis and treatment

Mitchell Freedman et al. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. 2014 May.

Abstract

This article discusses the diagnostic criteria, clinical course, and complications of complex regional pain syndrome. Multidisciplinary treatment including physical and occupational therapy, psychological evaluation and treatment, pharmacologic management, and more aggressive options including sympathetic blocks, sympathectomy, and spinal cord stimulation are also reviewed.

Keywords: Complex regional pain syndrome; Neuropathic pain syndromes; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy sympathetic nerve block; Spinal cord stimulation.

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