Selective Posterior Rhizotomy for Painful Spasticity in the Lower Limbs of Hemiplegic Patients after Stroke: Report of Two Cases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1268-1273

  Fukuhara, Toru ^a   Kamata, Ichiro ^b   Boulis, Nicholas ^c   Penn, Richard D ^c   Farmer, Jean Pierre ^c   Sindou, Marc P ^c  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION OKAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b Kousei Hospital   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Posterior rhizotomy; Spasticity; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BOTULINUM TOXIN; DANTROLENE; DIAZEPAM; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TIZANIDINE;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIZZINESS; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPASTIC PARESIS; SPASTICITY; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342561033     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000119605.32216.2E     Document Type: Article

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