Testing the validity of preventing chronic regional pain syndrome with vitamin C after distal radius fracture

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2251-2257

  Malay, Sunitha ^a   Chung, Kevin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bradford Hill criteria; CRPS; distal radius; prophylactic; vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; OPIATE; PLACEBO; VITAMIN;

ANKLE; BURN; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; FOOT SURGERY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VALIDITY; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; COMPLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ASCORBIC ACID; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; HUMANS; RADIUS FRACTURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VITAMINS;

EID: 84908265217     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2014.08.009     Document Type: Article

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