Selective dorsal rhizotomy for spasticity associated with spinal cord injury sustained during surgery for spinal lipomatous malformation: A case report.

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.

• Authors: Megan Ryan, Marisa Flavin, Joyce Oleszek, Amy Bodkin, Anne-Marie Wilson, Corbett Wilkinson
• Journal: Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine (J Pediatr Rehabil Med) Vol. 15 Issue 2 Pg. 377-381 ( 2022) ISSN: 1875-8894 [Electronic] Netherlands
• PMID: 35661026 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Cerebral Palsy (complications)
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Female
• Gait
• Humans
• Lipoma (complications, surgery)
• Muscle Spasticity (etiology, surgery)
• Rhizotomy
• Spinal Cord Injuries (complications)
• Treatment Outcome