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Twisted Catheter Causing Baclofen Pump Malfunction: A Case Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Lyndsay J. Russell ,
Andre A. leRoux  and
W. Brian Wheelock
Lyndsay J. Russell
Affiliation:
Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Andre A. leRoux
Affiliation:
Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
W. Brian Wheelock*
Affiliation:
Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
*
3BN, Department of Neurosurgery, Saint John Regional Hospital, 400 university avenue, Saint John, New Brunswick, E2L 4l2, Canada. Email: brian.wheelock@horizonnb.ca
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 39 , Issue 6 , November 2012 , pp. 838 - 839
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2012

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