Complex regional pain syndrome in a patient with spinal cord injury: Management with pulsed radiofrequency lumbar sympatholysis

Spinal Cord

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-84

  Akkoc, Y ^a,b   Uyar, M ^a   Oncu, J ^a   Ozcan, Z ^a   Durmaz, B ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complex regional pain syndrome; Paraplegia; Radiofrequency lumbar sympatholysis

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; GABAPENTIN; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOOT EDEMA; FOOT PAIN; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ARTERIES; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYMPATHECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 37849036967     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3102074     Document Type: Article

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