FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME IN SURGICALLY TREATED DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE

• Published in: Acta ortopedica brasileira Vol. 25; no. 5; pp. 194 - 196
• Main Authors: Ortiz-Romero, Joel, Bermudez-Soto, Ignacio, Torres-González, Rubén, Espinoza-Choque, Fernando, Zazueta-Hernandez, Jesús Abraham, Perez-Atanasio, José Manuel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Brazil ATHA EDITORA 01.10.2017; Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia
• Subjects: Complex regional pain syndrome; Insurance beneficiary; Original; ORTHOPEDICS; Radius fractures; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy; Surgical procedures, operative; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy; Surgical procedures, operative; Insurance beneficiary; Radius fractures; Complex regional pain syndrome; Distrofia simpática reflexa; Fraturas do rádio; Procedimentos cirúrgicos operatórios; Benefícios do seguro; Síndrome da dor regional complexa
• ISSN: 1413-7852; 1809-4406; 1413-7852; 1809-4406
• DOI: 10.1590/1413-785220172505165544

The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with developing complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) after surgical treatment for distal radius fracture (DRF). This case-control study analyzed patients seen from January 2014 to January 2016. Results: In our sample of 249 patients, 4% developed CRPS. Associated factors were economic compensation via work disability (odds ratio [OR] 14.3), age (OR 9.38), associated fracture (OR 12.94), and level of impact (OR 6.46), as well as psychiatric history (OR 7.21). Economically-productive aged patients with a history of high-impact trauma and patients with a history of psychiatric disorders have greater risk of developing CRPS after DRF.