Sudden falls as a persistent complication of selective dorsal rhizotomy surgery in children with bilateral spasticity: Report of 3 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 192-195

  Grootveld, Laura R ^a   Van Schie, Petra E M ^a   Buizer, Annemieke I ^a   Vermeulen, R Jeroen ^b   Van Ouwerkerk, Willem J R ^a   Strijers, Rob L M ^a   Becher, Jules J G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bilateral spastic cerebral palsy; Complication; Functional neurosurgery; Selective dorsal rhizotomy; Sudden falls

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; DNA; GABAPENTIN;

ABNORMAL SENSATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DERMATOME; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; DORSAL ROOT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION MEASURE; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION MEASURE 66; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HIP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERESTHESIA; KNEE; LEUKOMALACIA; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSESSION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANGE OF MOTION; RELAPSE; RUNNING; SCHOOL CHILD; SELECTIVE DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; SITTING; SPASTIC PARESIS; SPG2 GENE; SPG31 GENE; SPG3A GENE; SPG4 GENE; SPG7 GENE; STANDING; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RHIZOTOMY; TRENDS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RHIZOTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84982902985     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2016.2.PEDS15527     Document Type: Article

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