Surgical management of spinal catheter granulomas: Operative nuances and review of the surgical literature

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1161-1164

  Zacest, Andrew C ^a   Carlson, Jonathan D ^a   Nemecek, Andrew ^a   Burchiel, Kim J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Intrathecal opioids; Pain; Spinal granuloma

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 74349106480     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000359223.11215.D9     Document Type: Article

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