Selective dorsal rhizotomy for spasticity not associated with cerebral palsy: Reconsideration of surgical inclusion criteria

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Gump, William C ^a   Mutchnick, Ian S ^a   Moriarty, Thomas M ^a,b  

^a KOSAIR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Hypertonia; Selective dorsal rhizotomy; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT SELECTION; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; RHIZOTOMY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; HUMANS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT SELECTION; QUADRIPLEGIA; RHIZOTOMY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887191890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.8.FOCUS13294     Document Type: Article

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