What is it about?
Neurosurgical management of childhood spasticity was described. Functional posterior rhizotomy and intrathecal baclofen infusion treatment (ITB) were focused in the paper.
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Why is it important?
Surgical reduction of childhood spasticity caused by cerebral palsy and other brain damage is important to restore function and prevent joint contraction caused by spasticity The paper described surgical procedure and its outcome in detail and showed the indication of each procedure for children with spasticty.
Perspectives
Treatment of spasticity needs strategic approach. The first step is to reduce spasticity by functional posterior rhizotomy, ITB, or Botox. Orthopedic surgery comes to the second step as functional recovery. The paper described the detail of the surgical procedure and showed their role in the management of childhood spasticity.
Professor Nobuhito Morota
Kitasato University School of Medicine
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This page is a summary of: Neurosurgical Management of Childhood Spasticity: Functional Posterior Rhizotomy and Intrathecal Baclofen Infusion Therapy, Neurologia medico-chirurgica, January 2015, Japan Neurosurgical Society,
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.ra.2014-0445.
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