Microsurgical selective peripheral neurotomy in the treatment of spasticity in cerebral-palsy children

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 69, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 251-258

  Msaddi, A K ^a   Mazroue, A R ^a   Shahwan, S ^a   Al Amri, N ^a   Dubayan, N ^a   Livingston, D ^a   Moutaery, K R ^a  

^a The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Electrical stimulation; Selective neurotomy; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE SURGERY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCIATIC NERVE; SPASTICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOT DEFORMITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; OBTURATOR NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SCIATIC NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0031394021     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099884     Document Type: Conference Paper

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