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Cerebral Palsy and Other Neuromuscular Conditions

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Cerebral palsy and other conditions affecting the neuromuscular system remain largely unaddressed in low-resource settings. Prevention is better than treatment, and requires improvements in antenatal care to treat the complications of pregnancy as well as better care for postnatal infections. A subset of patients will benefit from surgical procedures if the proper indications are met and rehabilitation services are available.

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  1. Department of Orthopedics, Hospital and Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Children (HRDC), Janagal, Kavre, 6757, Nepal

    Bibek Banskota MBBS, MRCS, MS

  2. 172 Stillwater Loop Road, Columbus, MT, 59019, USA

    Michelle Foltz MD

  3. Orthopedic Surgery, Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, UCSF, 1001 Potrero Ave, 3A-36, San Francisco, CA, 94110, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin MD, MPH, MSc, FRCS(c)

  4. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    David A. Spiegel MD (Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery)

  5. Honorary Consultant in Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled Children, Janagal, Kavre, Nepal

    David A. Spiegel MD (Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery)

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  1. Bibek Banskota MBBS, MRCS, MS
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Correspondence to Michelle Foltz MD .

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin

  2. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    David A. Spiegel

  3. Columbus, Montana, USA

    Michelle Foltz

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Banskota, B., Foltz, M., Gosselin, R.A., Spiegel, D.A. (2014). Cerebral Palsy and Other Neuromuscular Conditions. In: Gosselin, R., Spiegel, D., Foltz, M. (eds) Global Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1578-7_40

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