Intrathecal baclofen therapy-How we do it

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 439-444

  Ammar, Amr ^a   Ughratdar, Ismail ^b   Sivakumar, Gnanamurthy ^b   Vloeberghs, Michael H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional neurosurgery; Intrathecal baclofen; Pediatric neurosurgery; Spasticity; Subfascial implantation; Technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868375159     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.8.PEDS11475     Document Type: Article

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