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The Complications of Scar Formation Associated With Intrathecal Pump Placement  Marina G. Protopapas, DO, Elizabeth Bundock, MD, Susan Westmoreland, VMD,

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1 The Complications of Scar Formation Associated With Intrathecal Pump Placement 
Marina G. Protopapas, DO, Elizabeth Bundock, MD, Susan Westmoreland, VMD, Christopher Nero, MD, W. Andrew Graham, PhD, Shanker Nesathurai, MD  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  Volume 88, Issue 3, Pages (March 2007) DOI: /j.apmr Copyright © 2007 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Gross pathologic specimen. Note the fibrotic scar in the anterior aspect of the spinal cord. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  , DOI: ( /j.apmr ) Copyright © 2007 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Gross pathologic specimen. Note that the epidural catheter has become repositioned in the anterior aspect of the subdural space. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  , DOI: ( /j.apmr ) Copyright © 2007 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions

4 Fig 3 Histologic section of catheter tip embedded in scar tissue adjacent to spinal cord. Hematoxylin and eosin stained formalin fixed tissue section, magnified × 200. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  , DOI: ( /j.apmr ) Copyright © 2007 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions


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