Percutaneous radiofrequency lesions adjacent to the dorsal root ganglion alleviate spasticity and pain in children with cerebral palsy: pilot study in 17 patients

Table 2 Summary of 11 patients (Group B) treated with RF-DRG and evaluated by VAS.

	m/f	Age (yr)	SCPE	GMFCS Score	RF-DRG-left	RF-DRG-right	Indication			VAS pre	Improvement			VAS post	Δ-VAS	Side-effects	Hip morphology
							spast	pain	care		spast	pain	care				left	right
1	f	18	2	V	L1-3	-		▪		8		+		2	6	no	III	V
2	f	22	2	V	L1-4	-	▪	▪		10	+	+		1.5	8.5	no	ns	ns
3	f	10	2	V	L1-2	L1-2	▪	▪		10	+			8	2	no	V	III
4	m	16	2	V	L1-3	-		▪		7		+		3	4	no	II	V
5	m	16	2	V	L1-4	-	▪	▪		8.2		+		1.6	6.6	no	IV	V
6	m	7	2	V	-	L1-3	▪			ns				ns		yes	0	III
7	m	5	2	V	L1-3	L1-3	▪		▪	ns			+	ns		no	IV	IV
8	f	11	2	V	L1-2	-		▪		6		+		2	4	no	*	II
9	f	10	2	V	L1-2	-	▪	▪	▪	8		+	+	5.5	2.5	no	I	I
	f	12	2	V	L1-2	-	▪	▪	▪	8		+	+	5	3	no	I	I
	f	14	2	V	L1-2	-	▪	▪	▪	10				10	0	no	I	I
10	m	5	2	V	L1-4	L1-4	▪		▪	ns	+			ns		no	II	V
11	f	16	2	V	L1-4	L1-4	▪	▪	▪	8.7	+	+	+	3.1	5.6	no	ns	ns

m: male; f: female; yr: years; SCPE: surveillance for cerebral palsy in Europe classification: (1) unilateral; (2) bilateral
GMFCS: Gross Motor Function Classification System * Osteomyelitis; ns: not scored;
▪: indication
+: domain in which the improvement measured by VAS was noted

ISSN: 1471-2377