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Curr Pain Headache Rep · Jan 2015
Review Historical ArticleHistory and present state of targeted intrathecal drug delivery.
- Syed Rizvi and Krishna Kumar.
- Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Royal University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7H SW8, Canada, rizvi20s@gmail.com.
- Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2015 Jan 1;19(2):474.
AbstractNearly 50 years ago, the seminal experiments of Melzack and Wall, culminating in the gate control theory, coupled with the discovery of endogenous opioid receptors, helped shape modern understandings of pain and provided interventionalists a potent therapeutic gateway to neuraxial analgesia. This paper emphasizes the historical antecedents, present state, and emerging future of the neuromodulatory technique of targeted intrathecal drug delivery (TIDD) for chronic pain. The strengths of TIDD are its customizability, reversibility, programmability, and low risk profile. Its benefits are evidenced by improved pain relief and quality of life and reduced demand for health-care resources.
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