Intrathecal antispastic drug application with implantable pumps: Results of a 10 year follow-up study

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 97 PART 1, 2007, Pages 181-184

  Koulousakis, A ^a   Kuchta, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

baclofen; ITB; Neuromodulation; programmable pumps; spasticity

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANT;

ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

BACLOFEN; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 85052610275     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-33079-1_24     Document Type: Short Survey

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