Contralateral sensitisation is not specific for complex regional pain syndrome. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2021; 127: e1-3.

Br J Anaesth

Division of Neurological Pain Research and Therapy, Department of Neurology, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany; Department of Neurophysiology, Mannheim Center for Translational Neuroscience, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Pain Research, MSk Lab, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.

Published: November 2021

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