TY - JOUR T1 - Amputation as an Unusual Treatment for Therapy-Resistant Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Type 1 JF - Ochsner Journal JO - Ochsner J SP - 441 LP - 442 DO - 10.1043/TOJ-14-0074 VL - 15 IS - 4 AU - Babak K. Kashy AU - Alaa A. Abd-Elsayed AU - Ehab Farag AU - Maria Yared AU - Roya Vakili AU - Wael Ali Sakr Esa Y1 - 2015/12/21 UR - http://www.ochsnerjournal.org/content/15/4/441.abstract N2 - Background Complex regional pain syndrome, type 1 (CRPS-1) causes severe pain that can be resistant to multiple treatment modalities. Amputation as a form of long-term treatment for therapy-resistant CRPS-1 is controversial.Case Report We report the case of a 38-year-old man who failed all treatment modalities for CRPS-1, including medication, steroid injections, and spinal cord stimulator implantation. Below-the-knee amputation to relieve intractable foot and ankle pain resulted in a favorable outcome for this patient.Conclusion Select patients with severe CRPS-1 who are unresponsive to all forms of treatment for pain may benefit from amputation as a last option for relief of suffering. Larger studies are needed to prove the efficacy of amputation. ER -