Devine, O;
Harborne, A;
Lo, WB;
Weinberg, D;
Ciras, M;
Price, R;
(2016)
Unusual placement of intrathecal baclofen pumps: report of two cases.
Acta Neurochirurgica
, 158
(1)
pp. 167-170.
10.1007/s00701-015-2636-9.
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Abstract
Intrathecal baclofen delivery via implantable pump represents an important modality for symptomatic relief in patients with chronic spasticity. Pumps are routinely implanted subcutaneously in the anterior abdominal wall. We describe two unusual cases where skin-related complications necessitated revision surgery in order to relocate the pump to alternative sites. The first patient was an international power canoeist, whose strenuous exercise programme interfered with his pump’s original siting. The second patient was a cachectic university student with a history of cerebral palsy, who maintained low body mass despite attempted weight gain. The relocation of these two intrathecal devices to the medial compartment of the right thigh and right iliac fossa, respectively, is described.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Unusual placement of intrathecal baclofen pumps: report of two cases |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00701-015-2636-9 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00701-015-2636-9 |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s) 2015. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1475732 |
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