• Neuromodulation · Apr 2010

    Thermogram in spinal cord stimulation with complex regional pain syndrome and a review of the literature.

    • Billy Keon Huh, Chan-Hong Park, Matthew Ranson, Garlon Lee Campbell, and Jason Ravanbakht.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; and Department Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Wooridul Hospital, Daegu, South Korea.
    • Neuromodulation. 2010 Apr 1;13(2):114-6.

    Introduction  Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is an efficient procedure for treatment of intractable pain.Methods  We present a patient who underwent SCS lead placement for severe left lower extremity pain. The patient had experienced good pain. He underwent thermographic imaging before, just after and ten days later of procedure.Results  Thermogram study revealed from blue color (hypothermic) pattern at before procedure to reddish or pink color (hyperthermic) pattern at ten days later.Discussion  SCS may be increase microcirculation and seems to have sympatholytic effects.Conclusion  We experienced that improvement of blood flow as result of SCS in CRPS.© 2009 International Neuromodulation Society.

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