The neurosurgical treatment of spasticity

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 194-207

  Shetter, Andrew G ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal rhizotomy; Dorsal root entry zone lesioning; Intrathecal baclofen; Myelotomy; Spasticity; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN;

BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CORDOTOMY; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NERVE TRANSECTION; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029789371     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013414-199609000-00003     Document Type: Review

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