Interní Med. 2006; 8(12): 526-530

Tribute to Sudeck syndrome discussion

doc. MUDr. Milada Emmerová CSc¹, MUDr. Jiří Růžička Ph.D¹, doc. MUDr. Milan Hadravský CSc¹, MUDr. Jana Koudelová², doc. MUDr. Boris Kreuzberg CSc², prof. MUDr. Karel Koudela CSc³

¹ I. interní klinika, FN Plzeň

² Radiodiagnostická klinika FN Plzeň

³ Klinika ortopedie a traumatologie, Fakultní nemocnice, Plzeň

Sudeck dystrofia is more than 100 years cited name for a set of symptoms of complications of trauma or surgery, mostly in extremities. Subjective symptoms are dominated by unexplainable pain, usually distal to primary lesion, objectively we find local swelling and change of colour, local temperature and sweating. All this affects naturally the functionality of the concerned extremity. If the vitious circle – i. e. extermination of local hypoxia caused by vasomotor instability – is not broken, the status can within weeks to months progress to serious and irreversible trophical changes of skin and its adnexa, muscles and tendons, to local secondary osteoporosis and irreversible extremity function disorder (3rd stage). Relief of pain is the main and early indicator of successful treatment attempts. We found hyperbaroxy helpful in treatment of our three patients suffering 1st and 2nd stage of the disease.

Keywords: Key worlds: vasomotoric instability, hypoxia, antioxidants, hyperbaroxy.

Published: March 1, 2007  Show citation