Table 1 Reported incidence of CRPS following surgical procedures of the upper and lower limb

Upper limb

Shoulder

Chalmers et al. 2014 [9]

11.1% (1:8)

Arndt et al. 2012 [10]

3.0% (3:97)

Gonzalez et al. 2011 [11]

0.9% (35:3975)

Bishop et al. 2005 [127]

1.3% (1:79)

Borgeat et al. 2001 [12]

1.0% (5:516)

Carpal tunnel release

Shinya et al. 1995 [13]

1.9 (2:105)

Litchman et al. 1979 [14]

5.0% (5:95)

MacDonald et al. 1978 [15]

2.2% (4:182)

Dupuytren’s contracture

Lily and Stern 2010 [16]

2.0% (1:49)

Bulstrode et al. 2005 [17]

2.4% (6:247)

Lower limb

Tibial

Sarangi et al. 1993 [19]

31% (9:20)

Ankle and foot

Rewhorn et al. 2014 [18]

4.4% (17:373)