title: Prevention, management and rehabilitation of patients with cerebral palsy.
abstract: The aim of this paper is to present the importance of orthopaedics in the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of persons with cerebral palsy.
  
  
  METHODS
  The paper is based on a study realized at the University Orthopaedic Clinic, Medical School, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, with application of documentary analysis, observation and clinical analysis of 76 patients with cerebral palsy, aged between 1 and 15 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Orthopaedics is a surgical field of medicine, in which context there have been, are and will be, as a challenge, many questions for the present and future generations. Data analysis pointed out that surgical treatment in combination with conservative treatment give a hope that a definite or prolonged cure is possible, with maximal and possibly preserved function of the loco-motor system or, in the most serious cases, abatement of the impaired locomotor system symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Early diagnosis and appropriate application of surgical treatment enable better functioning of persons with cerebral palsy by maximal exploitation of their remaining abilities.
authors: PHI University Orthopaedic Diseases Clinic, Medical Faculty, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, R. Macedonia.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Poposka
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Georgieva
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Dzoleva-Tolevska
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Georgiev
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures; D016896:Treatment Outcome