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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… Click to show full 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.
Keywords:
cord injury;
dorsal rhizotomy;
spasticity;
spinal lipomatous;
selective dorsal;
spinal cord
Journal Title: Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine
Year Published: 2022
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Journal Title: Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine
Year Published: 2022
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