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The Correlation Between Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome And Smoking, Cheng-Yi Li, Shou-Min Ni, Ding-Shun Ho, Shiou-Ping Lin, Huan Chiao, Kao-Chung Tsai

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (RSDS) is a chronic painful syndrome, which may cause extreme pain and disability of the involved limbs of the patients. The unknown of causes of RSDS keep patients and clinicians from early prevention of this syndrome. Smoking may affect the sympathetic system. The purpose of this study was to find whether smoking has the prominent correlation with the morbidity of RSDS.This is a retrospective study by surveying the medical records of patients with RSDS admitted in Tri-Service General Hospital from January 1996 to December 2001. The possible trigger factors, lesion sites and the prevalence of smoking …