| pubmed-article:14713945 | pubmed:abstractText | STUDY DESIGN: Case report. OBJECTIVES: A case report of tolerance to intrathecal baclofen therapy (ITB) treated with intrathecal morphine ('baclofen holiday'). SETTING: Institut Guttmann, Neurorehabilitation Hospital of Barcelona, Spain. CASE REPORT: A 30-year-old female patient is described with incomplete paraplegia below T6 on the left side and below T8 on the right side, ASIA B, caused by trauma occurring 12 years previously, in whom an intrathecal system had been implanted for baclofen infusion 10 years ago. The patient showed tolerance to baclofen therapy and was treated with intrathecal morphine infusion for 2 weeks. Baclofen infusion resulted in adequate control of spasticity. | lld:pubmed |
