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rhizotomy

[rī′zäd·ə·mē]
(medicine)
Surgical division of any root, as of a nerve. Also known as radicotomy.
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A 20-year follow-up by the Cape Town group [8] shows very good long-term outcomes in patients after selective dorsal rhizotomy.
Surgical management of spasticity
Microvascular decompression and percutaneous rhizotomy in trigeminal neuralgia.
TRIGEMINAL NERVE COMPRESSION TECHNIQUE FOR THE TREATMENT OF TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA: STUDY OF 80 CASES IN 10 YEARS
In common with the rest of the UK, Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy is not routinely commissioned by NHS Wales because there is a lack of clinical evidence to support it.
community unites for op to help ellie walk Ellie and Angharad and pub
The selective dorsal rhizotomy operation is available on the NHS in England but not in Wales.
Imogen's the first to have nerve operation free ONWELSH NHS; Families of children with cerebral palsy have traditionally raised thousands of pounds to fund operations not routinely available in Wales. But yesterday, a toddler became the first to have the procedure free on the Welsh NHS. Mark Smith reports
Sophie Sharman, | 11, with mum Natalie Powell, as she takes her first steps after pioneering dorsal rhizotomy surgery
Magic moment as Sophie walks for first time; Walking tall... the little girl Telegraph readers help get pioneering op
In October 2011, he went to St Louis, Missouri, for a selective dorsal rhizotomy, where surgeons cut away nerves from his spine to ease the cramps and spasms which had left him unable to walk.
Jay's dream is to ditch his crutches and play football. We want to make it come true; Family in bid to raise PS15k for son's op
He was diagnosed at the age of one and since then has been working extremely hard in his physiotherapy sessions to gain a lot of strength to be able to be accepted for a surgery called Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy.
Brave youngster Leo to help welcome Town fans
Yet the same NHS is denying children with cerebral palsy the right to a Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy operation because it costs too much.
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Her family raised PS42,000 for the pioneering Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) surgery across the Atlantic which has stimulated the muscles in her spine and unscrambled the mixed messages that Lily's brain sends to her muscles, impeding her movement.
Little Lily welcomed back home
But after a campaign raised PS45,000, he had a selective dorsal rhizotomy at St Louis Children's Hospital in Missouri, where he was in intensive care for three days.
Brave Jay defies the docs
Adam's family launched a campaign to raise PS24,000 for a private selective dorsal rhizotomy operation.
Readers in aid to help Adam walk
Percutaneous retrogasserian glycerol rhizotomy for patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia: A prospective analysis of factors related to pain relief.
Radiofrecuencia termica del ganglio de Gasser en pacientes con neuralgia del trigemino

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