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Neurosurgical interventions have been brought into wide use during the past 10 to 15 years. The first is that of dorsal root rhizotomies, which has met with mixed reviews. Recent meta-analysis of affected patients demonstrates that if there is any benefit it is only in a few points of improvement and not dramatic functional improvements. Use of intrathecal baclofen in the pediatric patient having CP has yielded as good a reduction in tone as dorsal rhizotomy and does not represent an ablative procedure. This is important because, unlike rhizotomies, it is entirely reversible.
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McManus, M. (2007). Intrathecal Baclofen Pumps. In: Physical Therapy of Cerebral Palsy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-38305-7_17
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