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The cerebral pareses occurring in early childhood or produced subsequently by trauma or spontaneous cerebral haemorrhages, present a heterogenous symptomatic picture. In the forefront we find the spastic pareses associated with extrapyramidal motor hyperkinesia (athetosis, dystonia, ballism). 36 C.P.-patients were surveyed from 1–4 years after operative intervention.
It is shown that better results can be obtained when multilocular lesions during a single session in correspondence with the dominant group of symptoms are performed (thalamic and subthalamic target points of the extrapyramidal motor nuclei and dentate nucleus). The results are presented. Continuous physical therapy after the operation and a reasonable intellectual level are essential for improvement.
With support of the Special Research Division, Brain research and Sensory Physiology, SFB 70, E 2, of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bad Godesberg, Federal Republic of Germany.
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Mundinger, F., Ostertag, C. (1977). Multilocular Lesions in the Therapy of Cerebral Palsy. In: Gillingham, F.J., Hitchcock, E.R. (eds) Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 2. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 24. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8482-0_2
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