10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RHIZOTOMIES»
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rhizotomies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
rhizotomies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
The results of these series were very much influenced by the number of
rhizotomies performed. Initially, no rhizotomies were done. After the first
incidental rhizotomies in 1979, a significant increase in bladder capacity was
noted, and in later ...
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Surgical Management of Pain
White and Kjellberg66 reviewed their experience over a period of 28 years with
posterior spinal rhizotomies in a group of 62 patients who had a variety of painful
disorders in which life expectancy was estimated to be more than 6 months.
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Neurosurgery Case Review: Questions and Answers
What is the expected long-term outcome with respect to lower extremity function,
activities of daily living, and upper extremity fine motor control following
rhizotomies? 17. Is the preoperative status of the patient a strong determinant
with respect ...
Remi Nader, Abdulrahman J Sabbagh, 2011
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Schmidek and Sweet: Operative Neurosurgical Techniques: ...
SURGERY. IN. THE. SPINAL. ROOTS. AND. SPINAL. CORD. On Sherrington's
experimental data,16 Foerster performed in 1913 the first dorsal rhizotomies, for
lower limb spasticity in cerebral palsy patients.17 Sectioning was ...
Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, 2012
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Principles and Practice of Pediatric Neurosurgery
... the division of the nerves at their exit zones from the dural sac, where they
could be identified more readily than where they entered the conus medullaris.
Barolat67 subsequently advocated rhizotomies at the conus, via limited
laminotomies.
A. Leland Albright, Ian F. Pollack, 2011
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Practical Handbook of Neurosurgery: From Leading Neurosurgeons
In contrast, in cases with lower limb spasticity, very few dorsal rhizotomies have
been attempted at the cervical level for upper limb hypertonia. In 1945, Munro
suggested sectioning of ventral roots from the last thoracic roots to the first sacral
...
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Molecular Neurosurgery with Targeted Toxins
Changes in μ opiate receptor (MOR) staining of superficial dorsal horn after
intrathecal dermorphin–saporin (derm–sap) and/or multilevel lumbar rhizotomies.
The photomicrographs in the upper panel show: (A) Normal control appearance.
Ronald G. Wiley, Douglas A. Lappi, 2007
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Operative Neuromodulation: Volume 1: Functional ...
Rhizotomies should involve all afferents from the bladder, i.e. bilaterally the
posterior roots S2–S4, and for certain S5. They improve continence and protect
the upper urinary tract by favouring low pressure refilling. Incomplete rhizotomies
are ...
Damianos E. Sakas, Brian Simpson, Elliot S. Krames, 2007
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Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring
Gloria M. Galloway, Marc R. Nuwer, Jaime R. Lopez, Khaled M. Zamel. Selective.
dorsal. rhizotomies: technique. and. protocol. for. monitoring. Gloria. M. Galloway.
Figure15.3 Case DM: see text for description. Muscle responses after. 15.
Gloria M. Galloway, Marc R. Nuwer, Jaime R. Lopez, 2010
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The Human Nervous System
Therefore it is to be expected in humans, as in animals, that sensory C1
information is also relayed by the caudal trigeminal sensory system (C1 and C2
dorsal rhizotomies prove this; see Usunoff et al., 1997), by which dermatome
suppression ...
Juergen K. Mai, George Paxinos, 2011
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RHIZOTOMIES»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
rhizotomies is used in the context of the following news items.
Deadly crash on Versailles Road leads to renewed calls for median …
"I've had several rhizotomies, where they cut the nerves to deaden the pain," he said. He's also had a spinal-cord stimulator implanted to relieve the chronic pain ... «Lexington Herald Leader, Feb 15»
About a boy
She discovered St Louis Children's Hospital in Missouri, which is renowned for performing selective dorsal rhizotomies on children with spastic diplegia since ... «Irish Independent, Jan 15»
Gerard Butler on Andy Murray and unleashing his inner Viking
"I've had two rhizotomies [surgical procedures to treat chronic back pain] and it's all from training for movies. Right now I have been crushing it again. Your body ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 14»
