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Complications of Intrathecal Drug Delivery

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Intrathecal pumps are an option that allows patients who suffer from moderate-to-severe pain to have an improvement in quality of life, reduction in pain, improvement in systemic side effects, and change in function. They also are an option for patients who are at the end of life to improve alertness, reduce fatigue and nausea, and improve survival in the cancer population. This has been noted to be both clinically beneficial and cost effective, especially in those patients who are expected to survive longer than 6 months. Unfortunately, despite the many positive attributes of these devices, they are not without risks. The complications can be classified as surgical, device related, or drug related. This chapter focuses on the complications of intrathecal drug delivery and options to assess and reduce risks.

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  1. Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 3400 Bainbridge Avenue, MMC-MAP, Room LL400, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA

    Karina Gritsenko

  2. Pediatric Pain Management Service, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA

    Veronica Carullo

  3. The Center for Pain Relief, 400 Court Street, Suite 100, Charleston, WV, 25301, USA

    Timothy R. Deer MD

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  1. The Center for Pain Relief, Charleston, West Virginia, USA

    Timothy R. Deer

  2. Summit Pain Alliance, Santa Rosa, California, USA

    Jason E. Pope

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Gritsenko, K., Carullo, V., Deer, T.R. (2016). Complications of Intrathecal Drug Delivery. In: Deer, T., Pope, J. (eds) Atlas of Implantable Therapies for Pain Management. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2110-2_43

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