Effects of Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block Combined with Patient Controlled Analgesia in a Patient with CRPS: A case report.
10.4097/kjae.2006.51.6.749
- Author:
Chung Guk PARK
1
;
Mi Kyoung LEE
;
Nan Suk KIM
;
Sang Ho LIM
;
Sang Sik CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. clonidine@empal.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
complex regional pain syndrome;
continuous interscalene brachial plexus block
- MeSH:
Analgesia, Patient-Controlled*;
Body Temperature;
Brachial Plexus*;
Edema;
Extremities;
Humans;
Skin;
Upper Extremity
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2006;51(6):749-751
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a condition characterized by regional pain, sensory alterations, motor dysfunction, and abnormality in body temperature, sudomotor activation, skin color changes and regional edema which often appears in the extremities after the onset of a noxious event. CRPS is a disabling disorder with an unknown mechanism. We present a CRPS case which is extremely resistant to conventional pharmaceutical and other therapeutic treatments in the left upper limb, which was treated successfully with continuous interscalene brachial plexus block (BPB).
