Selective dorsal rhizotomy as a treatment option for children with spastic cerebral palsy

Vaughan, C. L., Subramanian, N. and Busse, Monica ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5331-5909 1998. Selective dorsal rhizotomy as a treatment option for children with spastic cerebral palsy. Gait and Posture 8 (1) , pp. 43-59.

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Abstract

Cerebral palsy is the most common motor disorder originating in childhood and spasticity is the most frequent manifestation. The treatment strategies to reduce spasticity and thereby ameliorate the attendant gait abnormalities have included physiotherapy, orthoses, antispastic medications, orthopaedic surgery and neurosurgery. Of these, the neurosurgical procedure known as selective dorsal rhizotomy has gained widespread exposure, and indeed acceptance, over the past two decades, despite there being some controversy as to its efficacy. In this paper we review: cerebral palsy, including classification and treatment; selective dorsal rhizotomy, including historical background, patient selection, operative procedure, clinical outcome and complications; and gait analysis studies, including temporal-distance parameters, joint kinematics, normalisation for growth, and long-term follow-up. Both the short-term (1 year) and long-term (10 years) evidence has demonstrated that selective dorsal rhizotomy not only reduces spasticity but it also provides lasting functional benefits as measured by improved range of motion during gait. Rhizotomy is not a panacea for children with spastic diplegia but it is an important treatment option for the clinician to consider.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Healthcare Sciences
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	cerebral palsy ; spasticity ; neurosurgery ; gait
ISSN:	0966-6362
Last Modified:	18 Oct 2022 13:35
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/14474

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