Efficacy and Safety of High-dose Vitamin C on Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in Extremity Trauma and Surgery-Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-66

  Shibuya, Naohiro ^a   Humphers, Jon M ^a   Agarwal, Monica R ^b   Jupiter, Daniel C ^a  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Central Texas VA Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Causalgia; Chronic pain; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy; Sudeck's dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; PLACEBO;

ANKLE; ARM INJURY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOOT SURGERY; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LIMB INJURY; META ANALYSIS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WRIST FRACTURE;

ANKLE INJURIES; ASCORBIC ACID; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS;

EID: 84871515445     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: 15422224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2012.08.003     Document Type: Review

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