Complex Region Pain Syndrome Following Shoulder Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To describe the clinical features, treatment, and outcomes in patients with complex region pain syndrome (CRPS) following shoulder surgeries.

Methods

Three patients were diagnosed with CRPS according to the Budapest criteria. Patients were followed up prospectively at regular intervals for a minimum of 2 years. Demographic data, clinical symptoms, physical examination findings, treatment received, and outcomes were collected and reported.

Results

The minimum time interval between surgery and diagnosis was 3 weeks (average, 8 weeks). The index procedures included 2 arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs and 1 open Latarjet. Neurologic pain, muscle spasms, hand and wrist swelling, and joint stiffness were seen in the shoulder, wrist, and hand, but the elbow was spare

SUBMITTER: Magone KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8365219 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature