Definition Algodystrophy is a bone disease causing mechanical pains and in-homogeneous demineralization of the bones, with trophic disorders (of the skin and the integuments: nails, hair). Algodystrophy results from a vasomotor perturbation itself linked to a disruption of the sympathetic vegetative nervous system. The system of arterioles and capillaries which is found in the bones is blocked by vasodilation. The affected […]