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British Journal of Anaesthesia 2007 98(2):261-262; doi:10.1093/bja/ael343
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© The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia 2007. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Management of complex regional pain syndrome type II using lidoderm 5% patches

A Karmarkar1,* and I. Lieberman2

1 Department of Anaesthetics, Hope Hospital, Salford M6 8HD, UK
2 Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester M23 9LT, UK

* Corresponding author: E-mail: acarrom{at}yahoo.co.uk

We report a case of a patient developing complex regional pain syndrome of the upper limb after a laceration injury with glass. The pain in his hand was resistant to all conventional modes of treatment. The pain reduced dramatically after a diagnostic lidocaine infusion and the reduction in pain lasted for 3 days. Following this the patient responded well to lidoderm 5% patches and achieved 80% pain relief with an improved range of movement in his hand.

Keywords: complications; complex regional pain syndrome; lidoderm 5% patches; rehabilitation; physical; safety


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Lidocaine patch 5% for the treatment of CRPS II
Dr. Maheshwar K. Chaudhari, et al.
British Journal of Anaesthesia, 16 Feb 2007 [Full text]
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British Journal of Anaesthesia, 26 Feb 2007 [Full text]

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