BACLOFEN PUMP THERAPY

TYPES

When having baclofen pump therapy, you can expect about 1-2 hours to finish this procedure, however, it depends on the techniques of the physicians. 

You may need some time to stay in the hospital, or your doctor can do it on an outpatient basis. Before the surgery, your doctor will coordinate with you about the pump’s location for your relief. 

During the medical procedure, the group of medical practitioners will: 

• Give general anesthesia. 
• Put down the pump on the top of your abdomen on the lower area. 
• Attached the pump into a silicone tube known as catheter. 
• Thread the catheter underneath the skin into the intrathecal space around the spinal cord, so it can transport the medicine. 
• Fill the pump, based upon the preference of your doctor, we may fill it during or after medical procedure. 

After medical procedure, you will feel some inconvenience and delicacy at the pump and catheter area. Your physician may endorse drugs to alleviate any discomfort you feel caused by the operation and antibiotics to get rid of infections.

TREATMENT

During a pre-operative testing, baclofen is infused into the spinal canal (small needle is used) and you are observed by the medical practitioners for a few hours to decide how well the medication treats the spasticity. If everything is working well, then you are safe to be implanted with a permanent pump to transport the medicine.

The pump is embedded under the covering of the abdominal muscles while the patient is under a general anesthesia. A small catheter is then embedded through a needle into the spinal fluid space and is threaded upward. The tunneled catheter is inserted under the skin of the abdomen and is attached to the pump. 

The surgery is finished when the wound is closed with surgical staples or stitch material. When the wound is closed with surgical staples, it should be removed when it’s healed.