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Complex regional pain syndrome - Prevention

Alternative Names

CRPS; RSDS; Causalgia - RSD; Shoulder-hand syndrome; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome; Sudeck's atrophy

Prevention:

There is no known prevention at this time. Early treatment is the key to slowing the progression of the disease.

  • Reviewed last on: 2/13/2008
  • Luc Jasmin, MD, PhD, Departments of Anatomy & Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Teadsdall RD, Smith BP, Koman AL. Complex regional pain syndrome (reflex synthetic dystrophy). Clinics in Sports Medicine. 2004;23:1.

Goetz CG. Goetz: Textbook of Clinical Neurology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders; 2007.

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