Intraventricular baclofen for dystonia: Techniques and outcomes - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-14

  Albright, A Leland ^a   Ferson, Susan S ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Baclofen; Cerebral palsy; Dystonia; Intrathecal baclofen; Intraventricular baclofen; Pump

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; CARBIDOPA; LEVODOPA; PANTOTHENATE KINASE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL; VANCOMYCIN; CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARRY ALBRIGHT DYSTONIA SCALE; BRADYPNEA; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED DYSTONIA; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; LETHARGY; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PANTOTHENATE KINASE ASSOCIATED NEURODEGENERATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SHUNTING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VENTRICULOMEGALY; ANASTOMOSIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; DYSTONIA; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

BACLOFEN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 59049107099     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.10.PEDS0847     Document Type: Article

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