Abstract
Kim C-T, Bryant P. Complex regional pain syndrome (type I) after electrical injury:
a case report of treatment with continuous epidural block. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2001;82:993-5.
A 26-year-old man presented with severe complex regional pain syndrome type I of the
affected limb after a work-related electrical injury. He suffered causalgia-like pain
with no electrodiagnostic evidence of nerve injury. Early steroid and analgesic regimens
did not adequately relieve these symptoms. His symptoms were temporarily relieved
several times with stellate ganglion blocks. The patient underwent a cervical epidural
block with a local anesthetic as well as a narcotic agonist over a 4-day period, which
resulted in prompt, remarkable pain relief. Vocational rehabilitation was instituted
as the pain subsided. © 2001 by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy
of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Publication history
Accepted:
September 7,
2000
Received in revised form:
September 7,
2000
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☆1No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.
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