REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY - AN EXAGGERATED REGIONAL INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE

Authors
VANDERLAAN L GORIS RJA
Citation
L. Vanderlaan et Rja. Goris, REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY - AN EXAGGERATED REGIONAL INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE, Hand clinics, 13(3), 1997, pp. 373
Citations number
70
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics
Journal title
Hand clinics → ACNP
ISSN journal
07490712
Volume
13
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0749-0712(1997)13:3<373:RSD-AE>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) is a syndrome affecting an extremit y after a minor trauma or operation. Currently, there is no consensus about the pathogenesis of RSD. The authors performed various clinical and experimental investigations, including studies of the effects of a nti-inflammatory treatment, that support the hypothesis that RSD is th e result of an exaggerated inflammatory response to injury or surgery.