Intrathecal baclofen pump: A foreign-body reaction case report and its solution
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Intrathecal baclofen pump: a foreign-body reaction case report and its solution.
CASE REPORT A 43-year-old woman with cerebral palsy and disabling spasticity underwent a series of 4 implantations of intrathecal baclofen pumps, performed by two teams. A history of 3 aseptic local skin reactions over the site of insertion started 4 months after the first insertion, once with partial pump exposure. There were no clinical or biological signs of infection. Skin patch tests were ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1650-1977
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0918