To report an unusual complication of intrathecal baclofen injection during test injections. We present two cases of chemical meningitis after intrathecal baclofen injections by lumbar puncture. These ...

A novel indwelling subcutaneous intrathecal catheter circumvented the complex spine anatomy of patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a challenge when giving nusinersen via intrathecal injection ...

Gene delivery into the spinal cord provides a potential approach to the treatment of spinal cord traumatic injury, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and spinal muscular atrophy. These disorders progress ...

TerSera Therapeutics LLC today announced that it has completed the previously announced sale of its Infusion Specialty Therapies Business Unit (IST), including two specialty medications, Prialt(R) ...

Credit: FDA. The FDA has received reports of tranexamic acid injection being erroneously administered intrathecally in the perioperative setting instead of the intended intrathecal anesthetic (eg, ...

Differences in the distribution of methotrexate into high grade gliomas following intravenous administration, as monitored by microdialysis, are associated with blood brain barrier integrity No ...

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Novartis has reported phase 1/2 trial results with its intrathecal formulation of gene therapy Zolgensma, placed under a clinical hold by the FDA last year, backing up its safety and efficacy.

We defined a case as onset from January 1 to October 31, 2007, of bilateral flaccid paraparesis or paraplegia or retention and incontinence of stool or urine, in a patient receiving intrathecal drugs.

A trainee doctor who mistakenly injected an intravenous drug into the spine of a leukaemia patient had never administered both intravenous and intrathecal drugs on the same occasion before the ...