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. 2024 Nov 20;9(6):e1210. doi: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000001210

Table 2.

Incidence of complex regional pain syndrome after different types of surgery.

Type of surgery N CRPS incidence
Upper-limb surgery
 Open reposition distal radius 6,581 77 (1.17%)
 Hand resection arthroplasty 566 6 (1.06%)
 Hand tendon, ligament, and fascia repair 2,573 21 (0.82%)
 Partial shoulder joint replacement proximal humerus 129 1 (0.78%)
 Decompression or neurolysis of hand or arm nerves 930 7 (0.75%)
 Shoulder joint replacement, both conventional and inverse 1,421 4 (0.28%)
 Shoulder operation 8,456 18 (0.21%)
 Open reposition proximal humerus 2,057 4 (0.19%)
 Arthrodesis interphalangeal 120 0 (0.00%)
Total for upper-limb surgery 22,833 138 (0.60%)
Lower-limb surgery
 Arthrodesis ankle joint open 412 4 (0.97%)
 Arthroscopy ankle joint operation 513 4 (0.78%)
 Open reposition distal fibula and tibia 4,543 27 (0.59%)
 Foot surgery 3,405 17 (0.50%)
 Knee joint replacement revision 984 4 (0.41%)
 Arthroscopy knee operation 11,189 18 (0.16%)
 Hip joint replacement revision 1,264 2 (0.16%)
 Hip joint replacement 19,164 25 (0.13%)
 Toe amputation 1,525 2 (0.13%)
 Removal material femur 913 1 (0.11%)
 Knee joint replacement 13,846 9 (0.07%)
Total for lower-limb surgery 57,758 113 (0.20%)

CRPS, complex regional pain syndrome.