Treatment with Botulinum Toxin Type A in Infants with Refractory Congenital Muscular Torticollis: A 10 Year Retrospective Study.
of anaesthesia and cardiac risks with surgery. 3. Surgery carries risk of complications including fatality in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. 4. Cochrane data base found no randomized controlled clinical trials available to evaluate the effectiveness of scoliosis surgery in people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and no evidencebased recommendation can be made for clinical practice 5. Surgery does not improve posture in Duchenne dystrophy but may worsen physical functioning even at wheelchair level 6. There is no evidence respiratory is improved after scoliosis surgery in Duchenne dystrophy. Level of Evidence: Level I
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