Neurosurgical treatment of spasticity and dyskinesias.
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.
D002529:Cerebellar Nuclei / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000601:surgery*; D009128:Muscle Spasticity / Q000601:surgery*; D013036:Spasms, Infantile / Q000601:surgery; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000601:surgery*; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D013577:Syndrome; D013787:Thalamic Nuclei / Q000601:surgery*