Not all intrathecal catheter tip MRI findings are inflammatory masses [7]

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1600-1602

  Coffey, Robert J ^a   Allen, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; CYTOKINE; GADOLINIUM; HISTAMINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; OPIATE;

CATHETER; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CATHETER OCCLUSION; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFLAMMATION; INTRATHECAL CATHETER; LETTER; MAST CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANIMALS; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 34249060576     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000260557.76884.72     Document Type: Letter

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