Reflex sympathetic dystrophy/complex regional pain syndrome, type 1
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Complex regional pain syndrome (reflex sympathetic dystrophy).
The management of CRPS can be approached using objective criteria in a logical and systematic fashion. Frustration during treatment is common because: (1) the pathophysiology of CRPS is incompletely understood, (2) there is significant variation in presentation due to disparate premorbid anatomy and physiology, and (3) the natural history may be affected by incomplete treatment. Therapeutic eff...
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Educated in England, at the University of Durham Medical School and graduated in 1965. Obtained membership of Royal College of Physicians in 1968 and elected Fellow in 1993. Immigrated to Canada in 1976 and became a Fellow of Royal College of Physicians of Canada in1979. He is a full professor within the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa and has been teaching at the University of Ottawa...
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II. Aetna considers sympathetic blocks (e.g., stellate ganglion block [cervical sympathetic block] and lumbar sympathetic block) medically necessary for the treatment of CRPS when conservative treatments, including analgesia and physical therapy, have failed. Up to 3 sympathetic blocks are considered medically necessary to diagnose a member's pain and achieve a therapeutic effect; if the member...
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عنوان ژورنال: South African Journal of Radiology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 2078-6778,1027-202X
DOI: 10.4102/sajr.v8i2.133