Issues of Concern After a Single-event Multilevel Surgery in Ambulatory Children With Cerebral Palsy

BACKGROUNDThis study was performed to identify issues of concern to parents after single-event multilevel surgery in ambulatory patients with cerebral palsy. METHODSParentsʼ reports of concern were obtained for 72 ambulatory patients with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (group H; mean age 8.7 y) and 170 a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of pediatric orthopaedics 2009-10, Vol.29 (7), p.765-770
Hauptverfasser: Park, Moon Seok, Chung, Chin Youb, Lee, Sang Hyeong, Choi, In Ho, Cho, Tae-Joon, Yoo, Won Joon, Lee, Kyoung Min
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Zusammenfassung:BACKGROUNDThis study was performed to identify issues of concern to parents after single-event multilevel surgery in ambulatory patients with cerebral palsy. METHODSParentsʼ reports of concern were obtained for 72 ambulatory patients with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (group H; mean age 8.7 y) and 170 ambulatory patients with diplegia (group D; mean age 8.9 y), who had undergone single-event multilevel surgery and were followed for more than 1 year (mean follow-up 5.5 y). Data were acquired using a postal survey. Issues of concern to parents were evaluated using a 5-point Likert scale (1 to 5) for each of 33 items, which was designed for this study. RESULTSThe top 3 issues of concern after surgery were unequal limb circumference, the operative scar, and recurrence in group H, and the operative scar, play activity, and recurrence in group D. Overall concerns were greater in group D (P=0.001) whereas group H was more concerned about appearance such as unequal leg length and circumference (P=0.001,
ISSN:0271-6798
1539-2570
DOI:10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181b529e8