The Guillain-Barre syndrome in children. Orthopedic management and patterns of recovery.
Eleven cases of Guillain-Barre Syndrome in children between 1955 and 1973 demonstrate clinical course and residual permanent motor deficits. The rate of recovery from muscle paralysis and the long-term permanent muscle loss, and the resultant paralytic deficits may require treatment: tendon transfers, opponensplasties, spinal fusions, and Lambrinudi operations. The late permanent motor paralysis and residual joint deformities secondary to GBS in children has a higher incidence and severity than in adults, and an intensive rehabilitation program in imperative. Frequent, extended follow-up, and muscle testing records are absolutely essential in children.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011128:Polyradiculopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*