Characteristics and associated features of persistent post-sympathectomy pain

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 192-199

  Kapetanos, Anastasios T ^a   Furlan, Andrea D ^a,c,d   Mailis Gagnon, Angela ^a,b,d  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compensatory hyperhidrosis; Gustatory sweating; Neuropathic pain; Surgical sympathectomy; Sympathetically maintained pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAPHORESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; SWEATING; SYMPATHECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PAIN; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION DISORDERS; SWEATING, GUSTATORY; SYMPATHECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0037986567     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200305000-00007     Document Type: Review

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