Abstract

Patient is a 31-year-old woman with painful spastic cerebral palsy who underwent an intrathecal baclofen (ITB) pump placement in 11/2011. Initially, she appreciated an improvement in spasticity-related pain from ITB therapy. Within several months, she began to complain of “excessive” pump movement. Patient also believed the pump was occasionally flipping within the abdominal pocket. In 7/2014, patient presented for a scheduled ITB pump refill. Interrogation of the pump revealed an expected residual baclofen volume of 4.5 milliliters.

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