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ReviewAdvances and technical standards in neurosurgery2025

Patient Selection in Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR).

Benjamin J Hall, Conor S Gillespie, Christine Sneade, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Physiotherapy Group, Deborah Quirk, Dawn Hennigan, Benedetta Pettorini

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Review in Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Benjamin J HallDepartment of Neurosurgery, Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK. benjaminhall@doctors.org.uk.
Conor S GillespieDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Christine SneadeDepartment of Neurosurgery, Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Physiotherapy Group
Deborah QuirkDepartment of Neurosurgery, Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
Dawn HenniganDepartment of Neurosurgery, Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
Benedetta PettoriniDepartment of Neurosurgery, Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK. benedetta.pettorini@alderhey.nhs.uk.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For almost as long as selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) has existed, there has been debate surrounding which patients should be eligible to undergo the procedure. The selection criteria used to identify suitable surgical candidates have remained largely unchanged for the last three decades, despite the popularity and use of the procedure increasing. Historically, those aged between 3 and 9 years, those of GMFCS level 2 or 3, and those without evidence of dystonia were considered for SDR. In recent years, as the procedure has continued to develop, however, these parameters are expanding, with evidence to suggest a much broader cohort of patients may benefit from SDR than once thought. This chapter seeks to review current practice in patient selection for SDR, as well as the potential directions that this controversial discussion may move towards in the future.

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Patient SelectionRhizotomyHumansCerebral palsyNeurosurgeryPatient selectionPhysiotherapySDRSelective dorsal rhizotomySpasticity

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PMID40445351

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