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Local Anaesthetic Sympathetic Blockade For Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, N O'Connell, B Wand, W Gibson, D Carr, F Birklein, T Stanton
Local Anaesthetic Sympathetic Blockade For Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, N O'Connell, B Wand, W Gibson, D Carr, F Birklein, T Stanton
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Background: This review is an update of a previously published review in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2005, Issue 4 (and last updated in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2013 issue 8), on local anaesthetic blockade (LASB) of the sympathetic chain to treat people with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).
Objectives:To assess the efficacy of LASB for the treatment of pain in CRPS and to evaluate the incidence of adverse effects of the procedure.
Search methods: For this update we searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (2015, Issue 9), MEDLINE (Ovid), EMBASE (Ovid), LILACS …