Electroconvulsive therapy for CRPS with depression: A case report.
- Author:
Sun Kyung PARK
1
;
Yun Suk CHOI
;
Joon Hyuk PARK
;
Jae Sung RYU
;
So Hui YUN
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Jeju National University Hospital, School of Medicine, Jeju National University, Jeju, Korea. solafide5@yahoo.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
CRPS;
Depression;
Electroconvulsive therapy
- MeSH:
Chronic Pain;
Depression;
Electroconvulsive Therapy;
Extremities;
Humans;
Nerve Block;
Pain Management
- From:Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
2013;8(1):13-15
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic painful condition that may arise in the site of an earlier injury or operation to a limb. Like all chronic painful condition, it is associated with depressed mood. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a procedure when traditional management with systemic medications, nerve blocks, and behavioral pain management were unsuccessful. ECT has been used in the treatment of chronic pain for over 50 years. CRPS and comorbid depression have also been treated successfully with ECT. However, not much has been done to clarify the ECT target in patients, whether the pain or the depression. We report a case of intractable chronic regional pain syndrome with secondary depression in which both of that were treated successfully with an initial ECT course.
