Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 179-182 , December 2009

Effect of vitamin C on prevention of complex regional pain syndrome type I in foot and ankle surgery

  • Jean-Luc Besse

      Affiliations

    • Université de Lyon, Lyon, France, INRETS, LBMC UMR_T 9406, Université Lyon 1, Hôspital Lyon-Sud, Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique, Pierre-Bénite, F - 69495, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Orthopaedic Surgery Department, 69495 Pierre-Bénite Cedex, France. Tel.: +33 4 78 86 14 27; fax: +33 4 78 86 59 34.
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  • Sylvain Gadeyne

      Affiliations

    • Service de chirurgie orthopédique et de médecine du sport, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, F-69495 Pierre-Bénite, France
    • ,
  • Sophie Galand-Desmé

      Affiliations

    • Département d’Information Médicale des Hospices Civils de Lyon, 162, avenue Lacassagne, F-69424 Lyon Cedex 03, France
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  • Jean-Luc Lerat

      Affiliations

    • Service de chirurgie orthopédique et de médecine du sport, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, F-69495 Pierre-Bénite, France
    • ,
  • Bernard Moyen

      Affiliations

    • Service de chirurgie orthopédique et de médecine du sport, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, F-69495 Pierre-Bénite, France

Received 25 November 2008 ,Accepted 13 February 2009.

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PII: S1268-7731(09)00026-5

doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2009.02.002

Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 179-182 , December 2009

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