Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

11/02/2009 14 min

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Host: Michael Greenberg, MD

Guest: Anne Louise Oaklander, MD, PhD



How is complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) distinguished from chronic or phantom limb pain? Can something as simple as a fracture or blood drawing trigger this condition? Dr. Anne-Louise Oaklander, associate professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, joins host Dr. Michael Greenberg to discuss the intricacies of neuropathic pain. Since CRPS is rare, at what point should a physician suspect CRPS, and can this condition be treated?

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