SELECTIVE DORSAL RHIZOTOMY AS AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR SPASTICITY UNRELATED TO CEREBRAL PALSY

To study the set goal, 119 patients diagnosed with infantile cerebral palsy (ICP) and spastic paraplegia of hereditary genesis were studied by prospective research. Registered at the Republican Children's Psychoneurological Hospital named after U.K. Kurbanov for the period 2022-2024. Of these, 16 children were consulted at the Republican Specialised Scientific and Practical Medical Centre for Neurosurgery for selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR). According to the pathogenetic origin, the examined children were divided into 2 groups. Group 1 children with hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) 48 children and 71 children with cerebral palsy unfavourable ante-, intra- and postnatal factors. The diagnosis was made on the basis of anamnesis, neurogeneticist's report, neurological, psychological status and brain MRI.