All candidates for rhizotomy must have good muscle strength in the legs and trunk.
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In spastic CP, selective dorsal rhizotomy has also been used to decrease muscle overactivity.
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Between 1908-12 Harvey Cushing performed 3 dorsal rhizotomies to improve his patients quality of life.
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With or without rhizotomy, the only way contractures can ever be relieved is via orthopaedic surgery.
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Clinicians in Cape Town pioneered dorsal rhizotomy for the reduction of spasticity in children with cerebral palsy.
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Whether or not to undergo such post-rhizotomy orthopaedic surgery depends on the circumstances of the rhizotomy recipient in question.
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Whether or not to undergo such post-rhizotomy orthopaedic surgery depends on the circumstances of the rhizotomy recipient in question.
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In 1981, he had a surgical procedure known as a rhizotomy to sever the nerves thought to be causing his difficulties.
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Several other surgical procedures exist for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, including percutaneous rhizotomy, percutaneous glycerol injection, percutaneous balloon compression, rhyzotomy and Gamma Knife radiosurgery.
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The terms " rhizotomy " and " neurotomy " are also increasingly becoming interchangeable in the treatment of chronic back pain from degenerative disc disease.
