Issues of concern after a single-event multilevel surgery in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 765-770

  Park, Moon Seok ^a   Chung, Chin Youb ^a   Lee, Sang Hyeong ^a   Choi, In Ho ^b   Cho, Tae Joon ^b   Yoo, Won Joon ^b   Lee, Kyoung Min ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Children's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Parents' concern; Postoperative; Single event multilevel surgery

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349656028     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181b529e8     Document Type: Article

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