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ArticleBritish journal of pain2022

Decreasing incidence of complex regional pain syndrome in the Netherlands: a retrospective multicenter study.

Tjitske D Groenveld, Emily Z Boersma, Taco J Blokhuis, Frank W Bloemers, Jan Paul M Frölke

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Article in British journal of pain, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. ESTES recommendations regarding distal radius fractures.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2026
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  4. 10. Complex regional pain syndrome.Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain · 2025
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tjitske D GroenveldDepartment of Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5373-8891
Emily Z BoersmaDepartment of Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Taco J BlokhuisDepartment of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Frank W BloemersDepartment of Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Jan Paul M FrölkeDepartment of Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Radboud University Nijmegen · NLAmsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NLMaastricht University · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Complex regional pain syndrome type I (CRPS) is a symptom-based diagnosis of which the reported incidence varies widely. In daily practice, there appears to be a decrease in incidence of CRPS after a distal radius fracture and in general. Questions/purposes: The aim of this study was to assess the trend in the incidence of CRPS after a distal radius fracture and in general in the Netherlands from 2014 to 2018. Methods: The incidence of CRPS after a distal radius fracture was calculated by dividing the number of confirmed cases of CRPS after distal radius fracture by the total number of patients diagnosed with a distal radius fracture. Medical records of these patients were reviewed. Hospital-based data were used to establish a trend in incidence of CRPS in general. A Dutch national database was used to measure the trend in the incidence of CRPS in the Netherlands by calculating annual incidence rates: the number of new CRPS cases, collected from the national database, divided by the Dutch mid-year population. Results: The incidence of CRPS after distal radius fracture over the whole study period was 0.36%. Hospital data showed an absolute decrease in CRPS cases from 520 in 2014 to 223 in 2018. National data confirmed this with a decrease in annual incidence from 23.2 (95% CI: 22.5-23.9) per 100,000 person years in 2014 to 16.1 (95% CI: 15.5-16.7) per 100,000 person years in 2018. Conclusion: A decreasing trend of CRPS is shown in this study. We hypothesize this to be the result of the changing approach towards CRPS and fracture management, with more focus on prevention and the psychological aspects of disproportionate posttraumatic pain. Level of Evidence: level 3 (retrospective cohort study).

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Complex regional pain syndromedistal radius fractureincidenceposttraumatic dystrophySudeck’s dystrophy

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