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Severe chronic pain and Intrathecal pain pump
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Mar 24 9:25am | Replies (60)Comment receiving replies
@alexandercrps
Alex- May I ask what your daily dose of morphine was at the time it dislodged from the CSF in the intrathecal space. My doctor has always been honest with me and expressed her concern of a “pocket fill” when the pump port is missed and they warn that it could be fatal! So please let me know you survived.
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@bilt4pain I found these stata on internet on pocket fills:
“Pocket fills—where medication is mistakenly injected into surrounding tissue instead of the pump reservoir—occur in approximately 1 in 10,000 procedures. While rare, they are serious complications, with over 351 cases reported to Medtronic Inc. between 1996 and 2010. “