Cranial migration of a baclofen pump catheter associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Nakaji, Peter ^a   Consiglieri, Giac D ^a   Garrett, Mark P ^a   Bambakidis, Nicholas C ^a   Shetter, Andrew G ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baclofen pump catheter; Migration; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER REMOVAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFUNDIBULUM; INFUSION PUMP; LAMINOPLASTY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

BACLOFEN; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 74349109555     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000359222.97354.84     Document Type: Article

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