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Neurosurgical Management of Childhood Spasticity: Functional Posterior Rhizotomy and Intrathecal Baclofen Infusion Therapy

A paradigm shift is currently ongoing in the treatment of spasticity in childhood in Japan. Functional posterior rhizotomy (FPR), which was first introduced to Japan in 1996, is best indicated for children with spastic cerebral palsy, regardless of the clinical severity of spasticity. Surgery is gen...

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Autores principales: MOROTA, Nobuhito, IHARA, Satoshi, OGIWARA, Hideki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japan Neurosurgical Society 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4628153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26227057
http://dx.doi.org/10.2176/nmc.ra.2014-0445