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- Internal infusion pumps are programmable devices used for chronic pain management and increasingly for insulin delivery in diabetic patients, offering greater autonomy.
- Despite their high cost and surgical requirements for implantation, they are considered effective for continuous treatments, such as artificial tears for severe dry eyes.
- A case is presented involving a patient with CREST syndrome who experienced severe eye pain due to xerophthalmia and was successfully treated using an implanted pump reservoir.
Article Abstract
Internal infusion pumps are implantable and programmable systems that have been widely used for years in the management of chronic pain. During the past few years, these devices have had an increasingly prominent role given the possibility of insulin infusions in patients with diabetes mellitus because they provide patients with higher autonomy in the management of their disease, despite the fact that they are expensive systems and require surgery for implantation. These features make internal infusion pumps a suitable therapeutic option for those patients who need to use artificial tears continuously because of severe dry eyes. We report a case of severe eye pain due to xerophthalmia in a patient with CREST (calcinosis, Raynaud phenomenon, esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia) syndrome who was treated with an implanted pump reservoir.
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