Implantable Baclofen Pump as an Adjuvant in Treatment of Pressure Sores

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 465-467

  Mess, Sarah A ^a   Kim, Sylvia ^b   Davison, Steven ^a   Heckler, Fred ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Allegheny University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FRICTION; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFECTION; INFUSION PUMP; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SHEAR STRESS; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FLAP; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; BACLOFEN; GABA AGONISTS; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PARAPLEGIA; PRESSURE ULCER;

EID: 0242569230     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SAP.0000070645.30682.93     Document Type: Article

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