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22nd Annual Pain Medicine Meeting 2023
November 10 - 11, 2023 | New Orleans Marriott | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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ACUTE ON CHRONIC COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME AFTER CONTRALATERAL SURGERY IN A PATIENT WITH A SPINAL CORD STIMULATOR
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Medically Challenging Cases
Acute on Chronic Complex Regional Pain Syndrome After Contralateral Surgery in a Patient with a Spinal Cord Stimulator
Chronic regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic pain affecting patients after injury or surgical intervention. The condition characterized by allodynia, hyperalgesia, fluctuations in skin temperature, swelling, and sudomotor/vasomotor dysregulation
•Type 1 (reflex sympathetic dystrophy) Type 2 (causalgia)
CRPS diagnosis requires:
•Continuing pain disproportionate to inciting event
•No other diagnosis explains clinical presentation
CRPS is peripherally and centrally mediated
•Variable presentation, sx evolve/change over time
Ideal treatment is early, aggressive, and multimodal