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causalgia /cau·sal·gia/ (kaw-zal´jah) a burning pain, often with trophic skin changes, due to peripheral nerve injury.
Causalgia A severe burning sensation sometimes accompanied by redness and inflammation of the skin. Causalgia is caused by injury to a nerve outside the spinal cord. Mentioned in: Sympathectomy causalgia (kôzal´j  ),n a postextraction localized pain phenomenon usually characterized by a continuous burning sensation. |
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Perineural injection of a motor nerve may have a longer effect than intramuscular injection but has the additional risk of permanent causalgia due to sensory nerve injury. The SynergyPlus+ system is indicated as an aid in the management of chronic, intractable unilateral or bilateral pain of the trunk and/or limbs that is associated with: failed back syndrome, low back syndrome or failed back, radicular pain syndrome, post laminectomy pain, multiple back operations, unsuccessful disc surgery or degenerative disc disease, peripheral causalgia, epidural fibrosis, arachnoiditis or lumbar adhesive arachnoiditis, and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). Causalgia and reflex sympathetic dystrophy: Does the sympathetic nervous system contribute to the generation of pain? |
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