Neurosurgical Treatment of Spasticity and Dyskinesias
- 1 January 1977
- book chapter
- Published by Springer Nature
Abstract
122 Patients suffering from spasticity and/or dyskinesias underwent a total of 171 operations: 88 stereotactic dentatolyses, 24 posterior partial rootlet section D12-S1 or L1-S1, 16 posterior partial root section D12-S1 or L1-S1, 16 posterior cervical rhizotomies, 21 stereotactic pulvinolyses, 6 stereotactic associated V.L. thalamolysis and pulvinolysis. Results and indications are discussed.Keywords
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