%0 Journal Article
%T Occlusion of the Ascenda Catheter in a Patient with Pump Twiddler¡¯s Sydrome: A Case Report
%A Andre G. Machado
%A Francois Bethoux
%A Jennifer Hartman
%A Keith McKee
%A Leonardo Frizon
%A Sean J. Nagel
%J Archive of "Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine".
%D 2018
%R 10.5812/aapm.65312
%X Intrathecal baclofen (ITB) therapy is an effective way to manage spasticity in numerous conditions, including multiple sclerosis, stroke, and cerebral palsy. While pump failure is a common complication of ITB, improvements in device design have led to reduction of complications. In particular, the Ascenda catheter from Medtronic, Inc. was designed to resist kinking and associated complications; indeed, no incidences of catheter twisting or occlusion have been reported in literature prior to this case
%K Ascenda Catheter
%K Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy (ITB)
%K Baclofen
%K Twiddler¡¯s Syndrome
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6045776/