Variation between centers in electrophysiologic techniques used in lumbosacral selective dorsal rhizotomy for spastic cerebral palsy

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 233-239

  Steinbok, Paul ^a   Kestle, John R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Dorsal rhizotomy; Electrophysiology; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHIZOTOMY; SPASTICITY; TECHNIQUE;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; RHIZOTOMY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030407634     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121131     Document Type: Article

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