Sympathectomy for causalgia: Experience with military injuries

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 266-271

  Hassantash, S Ahmad ^a,b   Maier, Ronald V ^b,c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Causalgia; Sympathectomy; Sympathetic block; Sympathetically maintained pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BATTLE INJURY; CAUSALGIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WAR;

EID: 0033811817     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200008000-00012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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