AMA Guides 5th Edition - California Orthopaedic Association

Neuropathic Pain• Chronic pain in this section covers thediagnoses of causalgia, posttraumaticneuralgia, and reflex sympatheticdystrophy (my underline).”• Neuralgia or neuropathic pain may beseen in many conditions, particularly withentrapment neuropathies such as carpaltunnel syndrome and in various otherchronic pain states including with failedspine surgery