Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy for the Treatment of Gait Dysfunction in Cerebral Palsy: A Critical Analysis Review

JBJS Rev. 2019 Nov;7(11):e3. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.19.00020.

Authors

Brian Po-Jung Chen^{1

2}, Kemble K Wang^{1

3}, Tom F Novacheck^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Gait and Motion Analysis, Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, St. Paul, Minnesota.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
³ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 31725025
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.19.00020

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Cerebral Palsy / complications*
Cerebral Palsy / physiopathology
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Gait
Gait Disorders, Neurologic / physiopathology
Gait Disorders, Neurologic / surgery*
Humans
Male
Muscle Spasticity
Rhizotomy / methods*