The role of surgical placement and pump orientation in intrathecal pump system failure: A technical report

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-109

  Dickerman, Rob D ^a,b   Stevens, Q E ^a   Schneider, Steven J ^a  

^a North Shore Long Island Health System   (United States)

^b Department of Neurosurgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Baclofen; Catheter; Cerebral palsy; Morphine; Pain; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL CATHETER; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; BACLOFEN; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; ILIUM; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MORPHINE; PAIN; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBS;

EID: 0037239504     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068047     Document Type: Article

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