Reflex sympathetic dystrophy following vascular access surgery for hemodialysis: influence of peripheral ischaemia?

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy following pacemaker insertion.

A 55 year old male presented with pain and swelling over dorsum of right hand and small joints, and loss of sweating over right hand since two months. He was a known case of mitral valve prolapse (MVP) with mitral regurgitation and complete heart block for which pacemaker was implanted 1 year back. Bilateral wrist X-ray was suggestive of pronounced demineralization (osteopenia) in the right han...

Surgery on extremities with reflex sympathetic dystrophy.

Surgery on extremities suffering from reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) is generally avoided because it is presumed that RSD will recur or worsen. In order to study this problem we analyzed our patients. The affected limb of 47 patients suffering from RSD was operated on for various reasons. If possible, the operation was postponed until the signs and symptoms of RSD decreased at rest and perf...

Amputation for reflex sympathetic dystrophy.

We have reviewed 28 patients with reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) who had 34 amputations in 31 limbs. The amputations had been performed for untenable pain (5), recurrent infection (14) or to improve residual function (15). Only two patients were relieved of pain by amputation, and this could not be predicted. Ten of 14 patients were cured of infection and 9 of 15 patients had improvement of...

Ambulatory surgery for vascular access for hemodialysis.

[Reflex sympathetic dystrophy].

OBJECTIVE To describe eight patients with reflex sympathetic dystrophy in terms of clinical and laboratory characteristics and treatment. DESCRIPTION Eight children (four girls) with reflex sympathetic dystrophy were retrospectively analyzed. The diagnosis of reflex sympathetic dystrophy was based on the presence of pain in the distal extremities, local edema, vasomotor instability and impair...