The Functional Mobility of Patients with Cerebral Palsy at Long-term Follow-up after Single-event Multilevel Surgery

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This transcript features Tomos Edwards, a core surgical trainee, who presents a study on the functional mobility of patients with cerebral palsy following multilevel surgery. He discusses the success of this orthopedic procedure in improving gait and its aims to enhance functional mobility and quality of life in pediatric patients. The study focuses on patients with diplegic cerebral palsy who underwent the surgery before the age of 18 and were monitored for long-term outcomes, with results indicating a high percentage of patients walking independently or with assistance post-surgery, particularly among those classified under GMFCS levels I and II. However, Tomos highlights a notable limitation: the study lacks pre-operative functional mobility scale (FMS) data for comprehensive comparative analysis. The discussion leads to an exploration of the correlation between functional mobility and quality of life, indicating that while mobility improved, a significant relationship with quality of life outcomes was not established.

DOI: 10.1302/3114-221360

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