Cervicothoracic ventral-dorsal rhizotomy for treatment of brachial hypertonia in cerebral palsy.

Brachial hypertonia Cerebral palsy Cervical rhizotomy Combined rhizotomy Mixed hypertonia

Journal

Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
ISSN: 1433-0350
Titre abrégé: Childs Nerv Syst
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 8503227

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
03 Jul 2024
Historique:
received: 22 03 2024
accepted: 28 05 2024
medline: 3 7 2024
pubmed: 3 7 2024
entrez: 3 7 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Cervicothoracic ventral-dorsal rhizotomy (VDR) is a potential treatment of medically refractory hypertonia in patients who are not candidates for intrathecal baclofen, particularly in cases of severe upper limb hypertonia with limited to no function. A longitudinal cohort was identified to highlight our institutional safety and efficacy using cervicothoracic VDR for the treatment of hypertonia. Retrospective data analysis was performed for patients that underwent non-selective cervicothoracic VDR between 2022 and 2023. Non-modifiable risk factors, clinical variables, and operative characteristics were collected. Six patients (three female) were included. Four patients underwent a bilateral C6-T1 VDR, one patient underwent a left C7-T1 VDR, and another underwent a left C6-T1 VDR. Three patients had quadriplegic mixed hypertonia, one patient had quadriplegic spasticity, one patient had triplegic mixed hypertonia, and one patient had mixed hemiplegic hypertonia. The mean difference of proximal upper extremity modified Ashworth scale (mAS) was - 1.4 ± 0.55 (p = 0.002), and - 2.2 ± 0.45 (p < 0.001) for the distal upper extremity. Both patients with independence noted quality of life improvements as well as increased ease with dressing and orthotics fits. Caregivers for the remaining four patients noted improvements in caregiving provision, mainly in dressing, orthotics fit, and ease when transferring. Cervicothoracic VDR is safe and provides tone control and quality of life improvements in short-term follow-up. It can be considered for the treatment of refractory hypertonia. Larger multicenter studies with longer follow-up are necessary to further determine safety along with long-term functional benefits in these patients.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38958730
doi: 10.1007/s00381-024-06479-5
pii: 10.1007/s00381-024-06479-5
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Journal Article

Langues

eng

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© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Sunny Abdelmageed (S)

Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, 211 E Chicago Ave Ste 1150, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Department of Neurosurgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.

Mahalia Dalmage (M)

Department of Neurosurgery, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.

James M Mossner (JM)

Department of Neurosurgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.

Robin Trierweiler (R)

Nuvasive Clinical Services, Columbia, MD, USA.

Tim Krater (T)

Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, Chicago, IL, USA.

Jeffrey S Raskin (JS)

Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, 211 E Chicago Ave Ste 1150, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA. jraskin@luriechildrens.org.
Department of Neurosurgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. jraskin@luriechildrens.org.

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