By Dr Philip Finch, Pain Specialist
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) can start after a minor injury to a limb such as a fracture, a soft tissue injury or minor elective surgery including a peripheral nerve decompression.
Often the pain spreads and until recently this was thought to be a psychiatric problem.
It is hard for patients and their treating professionals to deal with, as the condition has no clear background pathophysiology and consequently no clear treatment paradigm....
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) can start after a minor injury to a limb such as a fracture, a soft tissue injury or minor elective surgery including a peripheral nerve decompression.
Often the pain spreads and until recently this was thought to be a psychiatric problem.
It is hard for patients and their treating professionals to deal with, as the condition has no clear background pathophysiology and consequently no clear treatment paradigm....
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