Percutaneous radiofrequency lesions adjacent to the dorsal root ganglion alleviate spasticity and pain in children with cerebral palsy: pilot study in 17 patients

BACKGROUND: Cerebral palsy (CP) may cause severe spasticity, requiring neurosurgical procedures. The most common neurosurgical procedures are continuous infusion of intrathecal baclofen and selective dorsal rhizotomy. Both are invasive and complex procedures. We hypothesized that a percutaneous radi...

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Autores principales: Vles, Georges F, Vles, Johan S, van Kleef, Maarten, van Zundert, Jan, Staal, Heleen M, Weber, Wim E, van Rhijn, Lodewijk W, Soudant, Dan, Graham, H Kerr, de Louw, Anton J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2909941/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20569438
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-10-52

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