Dorsal Rhizotomy: Neurosurgery for Childhood Spasticity

The scope of this book is to disseminate dorsal rhizotomy for treating children with disabling, intractable spasticity caused by various pathologies. The volume is composed of five sections. The first section describes history and neuroanatomical background of dorsal rhizotomy and spasticity, while the second one is about the selection and pre-operative evaluation of surgical candidates. The third...