My PMR believes that I got my RSD due to inadequate analgesia but enough anesthesia during my knee surgery. Essentially, my nerves felt the entire surgery even though I stayed asleep, thus overwhelming my sympathetic nervous system.
"MominpainRSD", I personally believe that there is almost no research on this topic. Here's the reason. There is no money in it. Have you ever noticed that medical research develops all kinds of drugs to "treat" illness, but when was the last "cured" illness--?polio? There is no money is curing disease. That's why it doesn't happen. I work at a large university hospital which is 9th in receiving research money from the NIH, so this isn't just me conspiracy theory. Lori Lee