Complications of sacral anterior root stimulator implantation in a cervical spinal cord injury patient: increased spasms requiring intrathecal baclofen therapy followed by delayed fracture of lumbar spine leading to intractable spasms compelling disuse of the sacral anterior root stimulator

Spinal Cord. 2004 Feb;42(2):136-8. doi: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101546.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Catheters, Indwelling
  • Cervical Vertebrae / injuries
  • Electric Stimulation Therapy / adverse effects*
  • Electrodes, Implanted / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Low Back Pain / diagnostic imaging
  • Low Back Pain / etiology
  • Low Back Pain / pathology
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / injuries
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / pathology
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / surgery
  • Male
  • Muscle Spasticity / drug therapy
  • Muscle Spasticity / etiology*
  • Muscle Spasticity / physiopathology
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology
  • Postoperative Complications / pathology
  • Radiography
  • Sacrum
  • Spinal Cord Injuries / complications*
  • Spinal Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Fractures / etiology
  • Spinal Fractures / pathology
  • Spinal Nerve Roots / physiopathology*
  • Spinal Nerve Roots / surgery
  • Treatment Failure
  • Treatment Refusal
  • Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / etiology
  • Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / physiopathology
  • Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / therapy*
  • Urination Disorders / etiology
  • Urination Disorders / physiopathology
  • Urination Disorders / therapy