Utility of Ultrasound-Guided Continuous Lower Limb Perineural Catheters for Treatment of Pediatric Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I: A Primary Case Report from India

Abstract

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic localized pain condition affecting all age groups with more propensity toward adolescent girls. This disease has a multifactorial pathophysiology involving the sympathetic and central nervous system, along with psychosocial, immune, and genetic factors. We reported a case of CRPS Type I in an adolescent boy who was successfully managed by continuous lower limb nerve blocks through perineural catheters along with the continuation of pharmacological management.

Keywords

• complex regional pain syndrome
• pediatric
• perineural
• ultrasound