Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Ontario Health Technology Advisory Committee (OHTAC). Lumbosacral dorsal rhizotomy for spastic cerebral palsy: OHTAC recommendation. Toronto: Health Quality Ontario (HQO). 2017 Authors' conclusions The Ontario Health Technology Advisory Committee accepted the findings of the health
technology assessment, which found that carefully selected patients reported clinically relevant
improvements in motor function and functional independence with lumbosacral dorsal
rhizotomy. OHTAC also felt that the total cost of this procedure was reasonable.
Members of the Ontario Health Technology Advisory Committee also noted that success of the
surgery appeared to depend not only on careful selection of candidates by a multi-disciplinary
team but also on physical rehabilitation after surgery. Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Cerebral Palsy; Humans; Lumbosacral Region; Muscle Spasticity; Rhizotomy; Spine Language Published English Country of organisation Canada English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence Evidence Development and Standards, Health Quality Ontario, 130 Bloor Street West, 10th floor, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 1N5 Email: EDSinfo@hqontario.ca AccessionNumber 32017000350 Date abstract record published 04/09/2017 |