Polyanalgesic consensus conference-2012: Consensus on diagnosis, detection, and treatment of catheter-tip granulomas (inflammatory masses)

Neuromodulation

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 483-496

  Deer, Timothy R ^a   Prager, Joshua ^b   Levy, Robert ^c   Rathmell, James ^d   Buchser, Eric ^e   Burton, Allen ^f   Caraway, David ^g   Cousins, Michael ^h   De Andrés, José ⁱ   Diwan, Sudhir ^j   Erdek, Michael ^k   Grigsby, Eric ^l   Huntoon, Marc ^m   Jacobs, Marilyn S ^b   Kim, Philip ⁿ   Kumar, Krishna ^o   Leong, Michael ^p   Liem, Liong ^q   McDowell, Gladstone C ^r   Panchal, Sunil ^s   Rauck, Richard ^t   Saulino, Michael ^u   Todd Sitzman, B ^v   Staats, Peter ^w   Stanton Hicks, Michael ^x   Stearns, Lisa ^y   Wallace, Mark ^z   Willis, K Dean ^aa   Witt, William ^ab   Yaksh, Tony ^z   Mekhail, Nagy ^x   more..

^a Center for Pain Relief   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f Houston Pain Associates LLC   (United States)

^g Tri State   (United States)

^h ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^j STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l Napa Pain Institute and Neurovations Clinical Research and Education   (United States)

^m VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ CHRISTIANA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^p STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^r Integrated Pain Solutions   (United States)

^s National Institute of Pain   (United States)

^t WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^u THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v PLLC   (United States)

^w Premier Pain Centers   (United States)

^x LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^y Center for Pain and Supportive Care   (United States)

^z UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^aa Alabama Pain Center Huntsville   (United States)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Chronic pain; consensus; granuloma; inflammatory mass; intrathecal

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BACLOFEN; GADOLINIUM; MORPHINE; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIA; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CATHETER TIP GRANULOMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONUS MEDULLARIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME; GASTROINTESTINAL PAIN; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTRATHECAL CATHETER; LAMINECTOMY; LIMB WEAKNESS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAST CELL; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SCREENING; SPINAL PAIN; STRATIFIED SAMPLE;

EID: 84867574475     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: 15251403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2012.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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