Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Nov 2004
Case ReportsTraumatic syrinx after implantation of an intrathecal catheter.
This case report describes the diagnosis and subsequent management of a very unusual complication of intrathecal pump insertion, namely that of traumatic syrinx secondary to the presence of an intrathecal catheter within the substance of the spinal canal. ⋯ Insertion of an intrathecal catheter may be associated with spinal cord trauma in patients receiving general anesthesia. Serial neurologic examinations and MRI are helpful in guiding treatment.
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Nov 2004
Editorial CommentAnesthesia and surgical outcomes: an orphean ambition.