Gentle dorsal root retraction and dissection can cause areflexia: Implications for intraoperative monitoring during "selective" partial dorsal rhizotomy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1352-1358

  Logigian, Eric L ^a   Soriano, Sulpicio G ^b   Herrmann, David N ^b   Madsen, Joseph R ^b  

^a STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; H reflex; Rhizotomy; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; TIBIAL NERVE;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISSECTION; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; INFANT; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; RHIZOTOMY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0034816030     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.1155     Document Type: Article

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