Development of scoliosis following intrathecally placed opioid pump for chronic low back pain

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Sciubba, Daniel M ^a,c   Lin, Li Mei ^a   Conway, James E ^a   Bydon, Ali ^a   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^a   Kebaish, Khaled ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Deformity; Pain pump; Scoliosis; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

HYDROMORPHONE; MORPHINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINE MALFORMATION; X RAY FILM;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 36249002710     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31815a592c     Document Type: Article

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