Top

European Spine Journal

Published in:

01-02-2016 | Grand Rounds

Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Combined selective dorsal rhizotomy and scoliosis correction procedure in patients with cerebral palsy” (Samiul Muquit, Amr Ammar, Luigi Nasto, Ahmad A. Moussa, Hossein Mehdian, Michael H. Vloeberghs)

Author: D. Kojo Hamilton

Published in: European Spine Journal | Issue 2/2016

Excerpt

https://static-content.springer.com/image/art%3A10.1007%2Fs00586-015-4220-7/MediaObjects/586_2015_4220_Figa_HTML.jpg

This succinct case report and literature review [1] chronicles the care of a 17-year-old female patient with cerebral palsy, on intrathecal baclofen therapy, since 11 years old. Her mild thoracolumbar scoliosis progressed to a significant level of deformity compromising her care and function over long-term follow-up by a multidisciplinary team. The paper also mentions the gradual but significant increases in dosage and frequency of refills of her intrathecal baclofen administered via an implanted pump. Final reported management, involved combined selective dorsal rhizotomy and correction of her deformity. …

Muquit S, Ammar A, Nasto L, Moussa AA, Mehdian H, Vloeberghs MH (2015) Combined selective dorsal rhizotomy and scoliosis correction procedure in patients with cerebral palsy. Eur Spine J. doi:10.1007/s00586-015-4179-4

Senaran H, Shah SA, Presedo A, Dabney KW, Glutting JW, Miller F (2007) The risk of progression of scoliosis in cerebral palsy patients after intrathecal baclofen therapy. Spine 32:2348–2354. doi:10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181557252 PubMedCrossRef

Shilt JS, Lai LP, Cabrera MN, Frino J, Smith BP (2008) The impact of intrathecal baclofen on the natural history of scoliosis in cerebral palsy. J Pediatr Orthop 28:684–687. doi:10.1097/BPO.0b013e318183d591 PubMedCrossRef

Grabb PA, Guin-Renfroe S, Meythaler JM (1999) Midthoracic catheter tip placement for intrathecal baclofen administration in children with quadriparetic spasticity. Neurosurgery 45:833–836 (discussion 836–837) PubMedCrossRef

Segal LS, Wallach DM, Kanev PM (2005) Potential complications of posterior spine fusion and instrumentation in patients with cerebral palsy treated with intrathecal baclofen infusion. Spine 30:E219–E224PubMedCrossRef

Caird MS, Palanca AA, Garton H, Hensinger RN, Ayyangar RN, Drongowski A, Farley FA (2008) Outcomes of posterior spinal fusion and instrumentation in patients with continuous intrathecal baclofen infusion pumps. Spine 33:E94–E99. doi:10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181642aae PubMedCrossRef

Hamilton DK, Smith JS, Sansur CA, Glassman SD, Ames CP, Berven SH, Polly DW Jr, Perra JH, Knapp DR, Boachie-Adjei O, McCarthy RE, Shaffrey CI, Scoliosis Research Society M, Mortality C (2011) Rates of new neurological deficit associated with spine surgery based on 108,419 procedures: a report of the scoliosis research society morbidity and mortality committee. Spine 36:1218–1228. doi:10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181ec5fd9

Fu KM, Smith JS, Polly DW, Ames CP, Berven SH, Perra JH, Glassman SD, McCarthy RE, Knapp DR, Shaffrey CI, Scoliosis Research Society M, Mortality C (2011) Morbidity and mortality associated with spinal surgery in children: a review of the Scoliosis Research Society morbidity and mortality database. J Neurosurg Pediatr 7:37–41. doi:10.3171/2010.10.PEDS10212

Zed PJ, Stiver HG, Devonshire V, Jewesson PJ, Marra F (2000) Continuous intrathecal pump infusion of baclofen with antibiotic drugs for treatment of pump-associated meningitis. Case report. J Neurosurg 92:347–349. doi:10.3171/jns.2000.92.2.0347 PubMedCrossRef

10.

Perez-Quesada S, Martin-Estefania C, Marti-Martinez S, Turpin-Fenoll L (2006) Meningitis due to Escherichia coli as a delayed complication of intrathecal baclofen pump systems. Revista de neurologia 42:764–766PubMed

11.

Herranz Gordo A, Villanueva Perez V, Perez Cervello A, Cerda Olmedo G, Pallardo Lopez MA, De Andres Ibanez JA (2008) Continuous infusion of baclofen and an antibiotic for treating meningitis related to refilling of an intrathecal infusion pump reservoir. Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim 55:43–46PubMedCrossRef

12.

Nichols KR, Knoderer CA, Jackson NG, Manaloor JJ, Christenson JC (2015) Success with extended-infusion meropenem after recurrence of baclofen pump-related Achromobacter xylosoxidans meningitis in an adolescent. J Pharm Pract 28:430–433. doi:10.1177/0897190015585757 PubMedCrossRef

13.

Yaszay B, Scannell BP, Bomar JD, Sponseller PD, Shah SA, Asghar J, Samdani AF, Bastrom TP, Newton PO, Harms Study G (2015) Although inconvenient, baclofen pumps do not complicate scoliosis surgery in patients with cerebral palsy. Spine 40:E504–E509. doi:10.1097/BRS.0000000000000811

14.

Cabrera MN, Lai LP, Snow SB, Shilt JS (2009) Concomitant correction of spinal deformity and spasticity management with posterior instrumentation and baclofen pump implantation. J Surg Orthop Adv 18:155–158PubMed

15.

Borowski A, Pruszczynski B, Miller F, Synder M (2010) Quality of life in cerebral palsy children treated with intrathecal baclofen pump implantation in parents’ opinion. Chir Narzadow Ruchu Ortop Pol 75:318–322PubMed

Title: Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Combined selective dorsal rhizotomy and scoliosis correction procedure in patients with cerebral palsy” (Samiul Muquit, Amr Ammar, Luigi Nasto, Ahmad A. Moussa, Hossein Mehdian, Michael H. Vloeberghs)
Author: D. Kojo Hamilton
Publication date: 01-02-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Spine Journal / Issue 2/2016
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-015-4220-7

Keynote webinar | Spotlight on medication adherence

Springer Medicine

Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Combined selective dorsal rhizotomy and scoliosis correction procedure in patients with cerebral palsy” (Samiul Muquit, Amr Ammar, Luigi Nasto, Ahmad A. Moussa, Hossein Mehdian, Michael H. Vloeberghs)

Excerpt

Keynote webinar | Spotlight on medication adherence

Springer Medicine

Excerpt

Please log in to get access to this content

Other articles of this Issue 2/2016

How quantity and quality of brace wear affect the brace treatment outcomes for AIS

Functional consequences and health-care seeking behaviour for recurrent non-specific low back pain in Zimbabwean adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Selection of distal fusion level in posterior instrumentation and fusion of Scheuermann kyphosis: is fusion to sagittal stable vertebra necessary?

The influence of brace immobilization on the remodeling potential of thoracolumbar impaction fractures in children and adolescents

Bacterial colonization of VEPTR implants under repeated expansions in children with severe early onset spinal deformities

Lumbar disc herniation surgery in children: outcome and gender differences