Subdural Intrathecal catheter placement: Experience with two cases

Pain Physician

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 677-680

  Sorokin, Andrea ^a,b   Annabi, Emil ^b   Yang, Wen Chang ^b   Kaplan, Ronald ^b  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrathecal catheter; Migration; Subdural

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BACLOFEN; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; DULOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; HYDROMORPHONE; OXYCODONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CATHETER MIGRATION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL CATHETER; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOGRAPHY; SPASTICITY;

BACLOFEN; CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; PAIN; SUBDURAL SPACE;

EID: 57649239989     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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