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J Pediatr Rehabil Med
; 15(2): 377-381, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35661026
ABSTRACT
Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) was used to treat lower extremity spasticity in an ambulatory 7-year-old girl with a history of a T10 spinal lipoma. The spasticity was the result of an AIS D spinal cord injury (SCI) suffered during untethering surgery at age 2 years. After SDR and a course of intensive inpatient rehabilitation, the patient's gait improved markedly. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first published case of SDR as a treatment for spasticity in a patient with a spinal lipomatous malformation.
Subject(s)
Cerebral Palsy , Lipoma , Spinal Cord Injuries , Cerebral Palsy/complications , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Gait , Humans , Lipoma/complications , Lipoma/surgery , Muscle Spasticity/etiology , Muscle Spasticity/surgery , Rhizotomy , Spinal Cord Injuries/complications , Treatment Outcome
2.
Nurs N Z
; 19(10): 3-4, 2013 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24427974
3.
Nurs N Z
; 18(10): 4, 2012 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23342845