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CASE REPORTS
Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 1999 September;43(3):191-4
Copyright © 1999 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA
language: English
Chemical sympathectomy in the relief of persistent sympathetic pain after carpal tunnel release. A case report
Turgut M. 1, Bolukbasi O. 2, Akyol A. 2
1 Department of Neurosurgery, Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey; 2 Department of Neurology, Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey
Although carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common entrapment neuropathy, reflex sympathetic dystrophy is an extremely rare and devastating complication. In this report, a case of chemical sympathectomy in a patient who had undergone previous three surgical interventions elsewhere for unilateral CTS, with persistent sympathetic pain.