Lower Extremity RSD/CRPS After Ankle Inversion Surgery

Dr. Robert Schwartz

Posted on January 30, 2018, updated on September 30, 2019

32 yo female with a chief complaint of left ankle pain after an inversion injury on a trampoline which required ORIF of the calcaneo/tibial/talo joint followed by partial removal of hardware.  Cold stress sympathetic skin response thermology showed an asymmetry pattern in all views with a second set of more intense findings over the dorsal and medial aspect of the foot and ankle. Thermographic impression included RSD/CRPS of the LLE in the presence of a second localized inflammatory response or ABC syndrome response in the left foot and ankle.

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