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Intrathecal Drug Delivery Pump (Implantation and Refill)

Anesthesia Implications

Clinically reviewed by anesthesia providers · Updated

Position : Prone, Supine, arms free at side
Time : 1-2 hours (average)
Blood Loss : Low (10-50 ml)
Post-op Pain : Moderate (4-6)
Maintenance Paralytic : No
Considerations : Aspiration risk / Full stomach, Fluoroscopy / Xray, Off-site, Opioid Tolerance

Anesthetic Approaches

1MAC, Conscious Sedation
2GETT
3Local Anesthetic
The Surgery

Positioning for implantation - prone over bolsters or a frame, with the patient self-positioning while still awake so that nothing is held in a position they could not tolerate. Intrathecal catheter...

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