Causalgia: A restatement

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages

  Birch, Rolfe ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causalgia; Complex regional pain syndrome; Penetrating missile wounds; Sympathectomy; Sympathetically maintained pain

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CAUSALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE II; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MISSILE WOUND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD VESSELS; CAUSALGIA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SYMPATHECTOMY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71049138625     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000358956.28018.84     Document Type: Article

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