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Complex regional pain syndrome after dermatological surgery
Author(s) -
Kumar Sandeep,
Mackay Catherine,
O'Callaghan James,
De'Ambrosis Brian
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2008.00476.x
Subject(s) - medicine , complex regional pain syndrome , foot (prosody) , surgery , minor surgery , pain syndrome , linguistics , philosophy
SUMMARY We report a case of complex regional pain syndrome developing in a 57‐year‐old woman after minor skin surgery in the sole of her right foot. This was diagnosed and treated in its early phase with sympathetic blockade using guanethedine with complete recovery of symptoms.