Intraparenchymal migration of an intrathecal catheter three years after implantation

Pain

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 274-278

  Albrecht, Eric ^a,b   Durrer, Anne ^a   Chédel, Dominique ^a   Maeder, Philippe ^b   Buchser, Eric ^a,b  

^a Hopital de Morges   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Complication; Long term; Spinal

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; GABAPENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CATHETERIZATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRATHECAL CATHETER; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOSARCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; PUMP DESIGN; SPASTICITY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; PAIN; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 27644530458     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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