Complications of intrathecal baclofen pumps in children: Experience from a tertiary care center

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 138-144

  Ghosh, Debabrata ^a   Mainali, Gayatra ^a   Khera, Jena ^a   Luciano, Mark ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Complications; Dystonia; Intrathecal baclofen pump; Spastic quadriplegia

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CHILD; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GENERALIZED DYSTONIA; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFUSION PUMP; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISEASE; SPASTICITY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; YOUNG ADULT; ASHWORTH SCORE; CATHETER INFECTION; CEREBRAL PALSY; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DEVICE FAILURE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; IMPLANTATION; INCISION; INTRATHECAL CATHETER; INTRATHECAL PUMP; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PSEUDOMONAS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; TRENDS; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; BACLOFEN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904046978     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000358307     Document Type: Article

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