Placement of baclofen pumps through the foramen magnum and upper cervical spine

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 270-273

  Dziurzynski, Kristine ^a   Mcleish, Deborah ^b   Ward, Michael ^b   Iskandar, Bermans J ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Cervical entry; Fusion; Intrathecal baclofen; Spasticity; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CERVICAL SPINE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFUSION PUMP; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SCOLIOSIS; SHUNT INFECTION; SPASTICITY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACLOFEN; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CEREBRAL PALSY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644537637     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-1129-6     Document Type: Article

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