Successful treatment of CRPS 1 with anti-TNF

Successful treatment of CRPS 1 with anti-TNF.

Successful Treatment of Refractory Behçet's Disease with the TNF-α Blocker Infliximab

Treatment of CRPS with ECT.

BACKGROUND Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a well-established treatment method for medically refractory depression. ECT has also been used in the treatment of pain for over 50 years. The mechanism of action of ECT is still unknown, although several observations have been made regarding the effect of ECT on pain processes. It has been reported that several patients with medically refractory d...

Ankylosing Spondylitis in Association with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: Successful Anti-TNF Alpha Treatment

Some rheumatic diseases, including ankylosing spondylitis, appear to be associated to an increased risk of cancer, in particular lymphoma. At the same time, a slightly higher risk of cancer has been associated to Tumour Necrosis Factor (TNF)-alpha antagonists, a widely used treatment for ankylosing spondylitis. A history of malignancy is generally considered a contraindication to TNF-alpha inhi...

Surgical treatment of CRPS

We investigated 82 cases of upper extremity trauma which were complicated by CRPS. All of them were evaluated by thermography and laser Doppler flourometry. The cases of sympathetically dependent and independent forms of CRPS were divided. In the 49 cases of sympathetically dependent form, thoracoscopic sympathectomy was performed in 33 and paravasal sympathectomy in 16 cases. Mean VAS pain sco...