Bladder stones - Red herring for resurgence of spasticity in a spinal cord injury patient with implantation of Medtronic Synchromed pump for intrathecal delivery of baclofen - A case report

BMC Urology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-7

  Vaidyanathan, Subramanian ^a   Soni, Bakul M ^a   Oo, Tun ^a   Hughes, Peter L ^a   Singh, Gurpreet ^a   Watt, John W H ^a   Sett, Pradipkumar ^a  

^a District General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER STONE; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; PUMP; QUADRIPLEGIA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 3042622134     PISSN: 14712490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2490-3-3     Document Type: Article

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