Control of medically refractory restless legs syndrome with intrathecal morphine: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Ross, Donald A ^a   Narus, Michael S ^a   Nutt, John G ^b  

^a Medford Clinic   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter migration; Intrathecal opiates; Restless legs syndrome

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PROPOFOL;

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; IMPLANTATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEDATION; AGED; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ANESTHESIA; AWARENESS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSKINESIA; DYSTONIA; NOTE; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOM;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MORPHINE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 41749084212     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000311089.04014.91     Document Type: Article

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