Expericence of practicing a patient misdiagnosed as CRPS after cervical total disc replacement: A case report.
10.4097/kjae.2008.55.5.652
- Author:
Kang Joon LEE
1
;
Pyung Bok LEE
;
Yong Min CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea. painfree@snubh.org
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
complex regional pain syndrome;
diagnostic criteria;
total disc replacement
- MeSH:
Diagnostic Errors;
Diagnostic Tests, Routine;
Humans;
Reoperation;
Total Disc Replacement
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2008;55(5):652-656
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is characterized by pain, sensory, motor and autonomic symptoms. But its pathophysiological mechanisms are unclear and CRPS is quite difficult to comprehend and treat. The diagnostic criteria for CRPS at this time are purely clinical, and the use of diagnostic tests has not been demonstrated, so that misdiagnosis of CRPS is not uncommon. We report a case misdiagnosed CRPS which is due to the complication of one level total cervical disc replacement, which was treated successfully with reoperation.
