Surgical treatment of spasticity in children: Comparison of selective dorsal rhizotomy and intrathecal baclofen pump implantation

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-243

  Kan, Peter ^a   Gooch, Judith ^a   Amini, Aminullah ^a   Ploeger, Diana ^a   Grams, Barbara ^a   Oberg, Wende ^a   Simonsen, Sara ^a   Walker, Marion ^a   Kestle, John ^b  

^a PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Intrathecal baclofen; Rhizotomy; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN;

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE TONE; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACLOFEN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RHIZOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37749042884     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0457-8     Document Type: Article

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