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Blessing or burden? Long‐term maintenance, complications and clinical outcome of intrathecal baclofen pumps [PDF]

Surgical Practice, 2018
Aim: The intrathecal baclofen pump is an effective treatment for spasticity. However, long-term results have reported patients’ dissatisfaction and perception of disability.
Waisang Poon
exaly   +4 more sources

Atypical baclofen pump catheter dislodgement in spastic cerebral palsy - A case report [PDF]

Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
Case Description A 16-year-old male with spastic quadriparesis secondary to cerebral palsy underwent baclofen pump placement in August 2024. During a routine refill in September 2025, a hard, non-mobile bump was noted over the pump's central port ...
Alex Landau, Kevin Batti, Tejas Shah, Andrew Kobets, Yuxi Chen   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Leading across boundaries: establishment of the UCLH community outreach intrathecal baclofen refill service [PDF]

BMJ Open Quality
Background Intrathecal baclofen (ITB) is a recognised treatment for severe spasticity. ITB users need to attend a specialist clinic regularly for their pump to be refilled and reprogrammed.
Valerie Stevenson, Katrina Buchanan, Elizabeth Keenan, Karen Ang, Heesook Lee, Nicola Betteridge, David Chal, Roisin O’Connell   +7 more
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A Swedish Population-Based Study Found That Muscle Hypertonia in Children With Cerebral Palsy Varied by Age, Subtype, Functional Level, and Muscle Group. [PDF]

Acta Paediatr
ABSTRACT Aim We examined how lower limb muscle tone was related to age, sex, Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) level, and the cerebral palsy (CP) subtype in Swedish children with CP. Methods This registry‐based cohort study from 2023 to 2024 used data on all 3 216 children aged 1–15 from the Swedish follow‐up program and national CP ...
Hägglund G, Alriksson-Schmidt AI.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Utilizing combination intrathecal baclofen and analgesic medication to manage spasticity and pain in patients with pediatric-onset disability: Case series [PDF]

Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
PURPOSE: The use of intrathecal medications for the management of spasticity and various pain syndromes in the adult population has been previously reported. However, no evidence-based guidelines currently exist in the pediatric population.
Denesh Ratnasingam, Tess Woehrlen, Samantha Koerber, Emma Drenth, Neena Marupudi, Melisa Concepcion, Erika Erlandson   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Effect of Intrathecal Baclofen Pump on Scoliosis in Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Meta-Analysis [PDF]

Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2023
Objective To systematically review the effect of intrathecal baclofen pump insertion in children with cerebral palsy (CP) with respect to scoliosis. Methods A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Google ...
Soolim Lee, Cheolhwan Hyun, Kyungmin KIM, Hyo Eun Kwon, Minwoo Woo, Seong-Eun Koh   +5 more
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Spinal anesthesia for cesarean section in a woman with an intrathecal baclofen pump

JA Clinical Reports, 2022
Background Intrathecal baclofen pumps are commonly used for the management of lower extremity spasticity in the setting of spinal cord injury. There have been no reports of the performance of spinal anesthesia in patients with a pre-existing intrathecal ...
Heath Allen, Ryu Komatsu, Hani El-Omrani
doaj   +1 more source

Characteristics of Changes in Intrathecal Baclofen Dosage over Time due to Causative Disease

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica, 2023
Intrathecal baclofen (ITB) therapy effectively treats spasticity caused by brain or spinal cord lesions. However, only a few studies compare the course of treatment for different diseases. We investigated the change in daily dose of baclofen per year and
Yuki KIMOTO, Satoru OSHINO, Naoki TANI, Koichi HOSOMI, Hui KHOO, Yuya FUJITA, Shimpei MIURA, Takamitsu IWATA, Takuto EMURA, Takahiro MATSUHASHI, Yuji ONODA, Takamasa ISHIUCHI, Takufumi YANAGISAWA, Masayuki HIRATA, Haruhiko KISHIMA   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bupivacaine overdose requiring multiple administrations of intravenous lipid emulsion therapy: A case report

JEM Reports, 2023
Background: Bupivacaine, an amide local anesthetic, is commonly used in intrathecal pumps (IT) for pain and spasticity disorders. Pump malfunctions place patients at risk of bupivacaine overdose and local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST); however ...
Michael L. Behal, Reba A. Hodge, Matthew C. Blackburn   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Psychosocial and medical factors associated with intrathecal baclofen pump explants: A case series

Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, 2023
PURPOSE: The goal of this retrospective chart review study was to explore factors that contributed to consideration of or actual pump explantation in pediatric patients with intrathecal baclofen (ITB) pumps.
Fabiola I. Reyes, Whitney M. Herge, Shelby L. Cerza, Allen Savedra, Catherine E. Thompson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source