Migration of pump for intrathecal drug delivery into the peritoneal cavity. Case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 610-612

  Vanhauwaert, Dimitri J ^a   Kalala, Jean Pierre O ^a   Baert, Edward ^a   Hallaert, Giorgio ^a   Crombez, Erwin ^a   Caemaert, Jacques ^a   Van Roost, Dirk ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Baclofen; Drug pump; Intrathecal drug delivery; Subfascial implantation

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; CEFAZOLIN;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MINIPUMP; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEUM; QUADRIPLEGIA; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ABDOMINAL WALL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BACLOFEN; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUADRIPLEGIA; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64649099997     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.10.035     Document Type: Article

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