Resumen
Serious neurological complications following long-term intrathecal application of opiates have seldom been published. This report describes complications which developed three months after reimplantation of a spinal catheter for pain therapy. The symptoms which occurred were paraparesis of the legs with sensory loss and urinary retention. A regression of these symptoms occurred only after explantation of the spinal catheter-pump-system. Possible reasons and consequences are discussed.
Título traducido de la contribución | Transverse myelopathy as complication following long-term interathecal application of morphine on chronic back pain |
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Idioma original | German |
Páginas (desde-hasta) | 506-509 |
Número de páginas | 4 |
Publicación | Anasthesiologie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin, Schmerztherapie : AINS |
Volumen | 34 |
N.º | 8 |
DOI | |
Estado | Published - ago. 1999 |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Emergency Medicine
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Case Reports
- Journal Article