Orthopedic treatment of the lower limbs in spastic paralysis

• Published in: Brain Science Advances Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 2 - 19
• Main Authors: Mu, Xiaohong, Deng, Bowen, Zeng, Jie, Zhang, Houjun, Zhao, Yi, Sun, Qi, Xu, Jie, Wang, Le, Xu, Lin
• Format: Book Review Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.03.2020; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Bone surgery; Cerebral palsy; Gait; Intervention; Mobility; Orthopedics; Paralysis; Patients; Quality of life; Spasticity; Spinal cord; Surgery; spastic cerebral palsy; musculoskeletal deformity; spastic paralysis; selective posterior rhizotomy; orthopedic surgery
• ISSN: 2096-5958; 2096-5958; 2398-2128
• DOI: 10.26599/BSA.2020.9050001

Spastic paralysis of the limb mainly results from the central lesion, in which spastic cerebral palsy is the common cause. Due to durative muscle spasm in spastic cerebral palsy, it is often accompanied by the formation of secondary musculoskeletal deformities, resulting in limb motor disability. Based on its pathogenesis, surgical treatment is currently applied: selective posterior rhizotomy (SPR) or orthopedic surgery. The primary purpose of early orthopedic surgery was simply to correct limb deformities, which usually led to the recurrence of deformity as a result of the presence of spasticity. With the application of SPR, high muscle tone was successfully relieved, but limb deformity was still present postoperatively. Therefore, this study aimed to elaborate on the management of orthopedic surgery, common deformities of the lower limb, and orthopedic operative methods; discuss the relationship between SPR and orthopedic procedure for limb deformity; and focus on the indications, timing of intervention, and postoperative outcome of different surgical methods.