Treatment of chronic unstable angina pectoris: Use of a totally implantable programmable device for continuous intrathecal infusion of opiates: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 385-388

  Segal, Ricardo ^a,b   Murali, Srinivas ^b   Tipton, Kyle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrathecal infusion of morphine; Pain surgery; Totally implantable programmable drug infusion device; Unstable angina pectoris

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CATHETERIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; MORPHINE; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 0030033137     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199602000-00031     Document Type: Article

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