Complications of Intrathecal Baclofen Pump: Prevention and Cure

Table 2

ITB—revision surgery patients.

ITB—revision surgery “primary-implant-patient” population (N = 30)
Age Group	Children		Adults
Gender	M	F	M	F
Patients requiring revision	4	1	2	1
8 patients required 17 revision procedures:
(i) 5 revision procedure for 5 patients,
(ii) 12 revision procedures for 3 patients.
ITB—revision surgery “revision-only-patient” population (N = 14)
Age Group	Children		Adults
Gender	M	F	M	F
Patients with previous surgery at outside institutions	2	5	4	3
patients required 16 additional revision procedures.
(i) 4 patients with previous revisions at outside institutions	1	0	3	0
(a) 4 patients with seven previous revision procedures at
outside institutions had 6 additional revision procedures in our institution.
(ii) 10 patients without previous revisions outside	1	5	1	3
(a) 10 patients required 10 revision procedures following the primary implant procedure.