• Anesthesia and analgesia · Aug 2000

    Case Reports

    Intrathecal baclofen pump implantation complicated by epidural lipomatosis.

    • H A Huraibi, J Phillips, R J Rose, H Pallatroni, H Westbrook, and G J Fanciullo.
    • Departments of Anesthesiology and Neurosurgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA.
    • Anesth. Analg. 2000 Aug 1;91(2):429-31.

    AbstractIntrathecal baclofen is a useful therapy in patients with spasticity. We describe a patient who underwent an intrathecal pump implant, complicated by epidural lipomatosis that ultimately required a single level laminectomy and fat debulking before successful implantation.

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