Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Section I General Considerations.
• 1. Reflex sympathetic dystrophy: Clinical features.
• 2. Reflex sympathetic dystrophy: Incidence and epidemiology.
• 3. Chronic pain mechanisms.
• 4. Sympathetically maintained pain principles of diagnosis and therapy.
• 5. Psychosomatic aspects of reflex sympathetic dystrophy.
• Section II Basic Researches in Pathophysiology of RSD.
• 6. Pathobiology of reflex sympathetic dystrophy: Some general considerations.
• 7. Spinal hyperexcitability in sympathetically maintained pain.
• 8. Neuropharmacologies aspects of reflex sympathetic dystrophy.
• 9. Clinical and neurophysiological observations relating to pathophysiological mechanisms of reflex sympathetic dystrophy.
• 10. Mechanisms and role of peripheral blood flow dysregulation in pain sensation and edema in reflex sympathetic dystrophy.
• Section III Therapeutic Techniques in BSD.
• 11. Sympathetic nerve blocks: Their role in sympathetic pain.
• 12. Intravenous regional sympathetic blocks.
• 13. Reflex sympathetic dystrophy — Neurosurgical approaches.
• 14. Peripheral nerve stimulator implant for treatment of RSD.
• 15. Psychological support of the patient with reflex sympathetic dystrophy.
• 16. Reflex sympathetic dystrophy non-invasive methods of treatment.
• 17. Multi-disciplinary management of reflex sympathetic dystrophy.
• Section IV New Techniques.
• 18. Three-phase bone scanning in reflex sympathetic dystrophy.
• 19. An investigation of the role of clonidine in the treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy.
• Summary Comments.
• Proposed Definition of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy.