Selective dorsal root rhizotomy attempts to reduce spasticity in the legs by reducing the amount of stimulation that reaches leg muscles through the nerves. In the procedure, the surgeon tries to locate and selectively sever over-activated nerves controlling leg muscles.
Spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy and the femoral derotation osteotomy: effect at the pelvis and hip in the transverse plane during gait. May 2003. Chicago.
Neurosurgical treatment of spasticity: indications in children. May 2003
Long-term follow-up of surgery for equinovarus foot deformity in children with cerebral palsy. 11/02. Delaware.
Orthopedic issues after cerebrovascular accident 10/02
Treatment of functional limitations at the knee in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy Nov. 2001
Prediction of postoperative gait velocity in cerebral palsy 2001
Selective posterior rhizotomy for lower extremity spasticity: how much and which of the posterior
rootlets should be cut?, Feb. 2002, South Korea
Outcome of medial versus combined medial and lateral hamstring lengthening surgery in cerebral
palsy March 2002
Isolated calf lengthening in cerebral palsy. Outcome analysis of risk factors. 2001
A method for evaluating the results of tendon transfers for foot drop journal article 2001