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  • Title: 4.5 year follow-up after surgical correction of upper extremity deformities in spastic cerebral palsy.
    Author: Nylander G, Carlström C, Adolfsson L.
    Journal: J Hand Surg Br; 1999 Dec; 24(6):719-23. PubMed ID: 10672811.
    Abstract:
    Reconstructive surgery was carried out on 27 upper extremities in 24 children with deformities due to spastic cerebral palsy. Functional evaluation of the affected extremities was made preoperatively, at 6 months and at a mean of 4.5 years postoperatively using a score added to the assessment system described by the Committee on Spastic Hand Evaluation. According to the score, dysfunction of the arm was significantly reduced 6 months after the reconstructive surgery and the improvements remained essentially unchanged at the later follow-up. The addition of a score to the original assessment system facilitated the overall assessment of postoperative results.
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