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Intracerebroventricular Drug Infusion System Implant: Surgical Technique

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Neuromodulation Techniques for Pain Treatment

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Intraventricular pumps can be used to treat severe pain secondary to cancer or spastic dystonia. First reports of the intraventricular route usage for this purpose involved Ommaya reservoirs with single bolus infusions. After favorable initial results, mechanical pumps were coupled to the reservoir for intermittent boluses. With the advancement of implantable devices, electronic pumps largely replaced the other models. In this chapter we provide insight about details pertinent to the implant technique of those systems.

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  1. Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Clinics Hospital, University of Sao Paulo Medicine School, São Paulo, Brazil

    Bernardo Assumpcao de Monaco

  2. Functional Neurosurgery – Association of Assistance to Disabled Children [AACD], São Paulo, Brazil

    Bernardo Assumpcao de Monaco

  3. Division of Functional Neurosurgery – University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL, USA

    Joacir Graciolli Cordeiro

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  1. Department of Functional Neurosurgery, Hospital de Base and Brasília Pain Institute, Brasília, Brazil

    Tiago da Silva Freitas

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Bernardo Assumpcao de Monaco

  3. Florida Pain, Coral Gables, FL, USA

    Stanley Golovac

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Assumpcao de Monaco, B., Graciolli Cordeiro, J. (2022). Intracerebroventricular Drug Infusion System Implant: Surgical Technique. In: Freitas, T.d.S., Assumpcao de Monaco, B., Golovac, S. (eds) Neuromodulation Techniques for Pain Treatment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84778-4_18

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