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British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1981, Vol. 53, No. 8 899-902
© 1981 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

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ELECTROACUPUNCTURE IN THE TREATMENT OF POST-TRAUMATIC SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY (SUDECK'S ATROPHY)

C. S. CHAN, M.B., B.S., D.A., F.F.A.R.C.S. and S. P. CHOW, M.B., B.S., F.R.C.S.E.

Departmet of Anaesthetics, Queen Mary Hospital Hong Kong
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital Hong Kong

Twenty patients with established post-traumatic sympathetic dystrophy were treated with elcctro acupuncture after physical therapy with or without oral medication had failed to produce satisfactory relief of symptoms. Of these patients 14(70%) experienced marked and permanent improvement. No complications were encountered. The possible mechanisms involved arc discussed.


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