| Title |
Selective dorsal rhizotomies in the treatment of spasticity related to cerebral palsy
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Child's Nervous System, July 2007
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00381-007-0398-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jean-Pierre Farmer, Abdulrahman J Sabbagh |
| Abstract |
Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) is a surgical technique developed over the past decades to manage patients diagnosed with cerebral palsy suffering from spastic diplegia. It involves selectively lesioning sensory rootlets in an effort to maintain a balance between elimination of spasticity and preservation of function. Several recent long-term outcome studies have been published. In addition, shorter follow-up randomized controlled studies have compared the outcome of patients having undergone physiotherapy alone with those that received physiotherapy after selective dorsal rhizotomy. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 103 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 16 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 12% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 10 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 9% |
| Other | 22 | 21% |
| Unknown | 22 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 43 | 41% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 9% |
| Neuroscience | 7 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Engineering | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 12 | 11% |
| Unknown | 28 | 26% |
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