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Great Ormond Street Hospital
Kristian Aquilina practices in London, United Kingdom. Aquilina is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in Rhizotomy. Their top areas of expertise are Selective Mutism, Posterior Fossa Tumor, Hydrocephalus, Rhizotomy, and Laminectomy.
Jeffrey Raskin is a Neurosurgery provider in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dr. Raskin is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Rhizotomy. His top areas of expertise are Spasticity, Arachnoid Cysts, Brain Abscess, Rhizotomy, and Posterior Fossa Decompression.
Gillette Childrens Specialty Healthcare
Tom Novacheck is an Orthopedics provider in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Dr. Novacheck is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Rhizotomy. His top areas of expertise are Spastic Diplegia Infantile Type, Beukes Familial Hip Dysplasia, Trisomy 12 Mosaicism, Rhizotomy, and Osteotomy. Dr. Novacheck is currently accepting new patients.
Summary: A scientific study is being done to test a special treatment for people who have spasticity or tight muscles. This treatment is called stereotactic radiosurgery dorsal rhizotomy. It uses very accurate beams of radiation to target certain nerves in the back to help loosen up the muscles. In this study, people are put into two groups by chance: one group gets the real treatment, and the other group ...
Summary: Little is known about the peripheral and central mechanisms of action of selective dorsal rhizotomy surgery for the treatment of spasticity. A better understanding of these mechanisms will enable us to improve the surgical procedure. This will require cortico-medullo-radiculo-muscular recordings never before performed and published in the literature, and the identification of variations in connect...