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. 2023 Jul 24;43(9):e701–e706. doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000002473

TABLE 2.

Participant Data Pre- and Post-Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy

All No hip surgery Hip surgery
No. children (hips) 90 (180) 56 (112) 34 (68)
GMFCS levels (I/II/III/IV/V) 1/13/24/43/9 1/13/16/22/4 0/0/8/21/5
Age at SDR (y): mean (SD) 4.9 (1.5) 4.8 (1.3) 5.0 (1.8)
Pre-SDR
MP range (%) 0–100 0–64 9 – 100
MP (all hips): mean (SD) 28.7 (13.9) 25.1 (12.5) 34.5 (14.2)
 Level I 12.5 (1.5) 12.5 (1.5) NA
 Level II 17.8 (10.1) 17.8 (10.1) NA
 Level III 30.1 (14.2) 26.5 (13.7) 37.3 (12.9)
 Level IV 30.8 (11.5) 29.7 (11.2) 31.9 (11.8)
 Level V 31.8 (20.4) 20.1 (9.6) 41.1 (22.2)
No. (%) children: hips MP >30% 47 (52): 72 (40) 21 (38): 35 (31) 26 (77): 37 (54)
 Level I 0 (0): 0 (0) 0 (0): 0 (0) 0 (0): 0 (0)
 Level II 2 (15): 3 (12) 2 (15): 3 (12) 0 (0): 0 (0)
 Level III 13 (54): 20 (42) 6 (38): 9 (28) 7 (88): 11 (69)
 Level IV 27 (63): 40 (47) 12 (55): 21 (48) 15 (71): 19 (45)
 Level V 5 (56): 9 (50) 1 (25): 2 (25) 4 (80): 7 (70)
Post-SDR
Length of follow-up/time to hip surgery (y): mean (SD) 8.5 (5.1) 11.1 (4.3) 4.2 (3.2)
Range in follow-up time (y) 0.5–25.0 5.0–25.0 0.5–13.5
Age at follow-up (y): mean (SD) 13.4 (5.4) 16.0 (4.5) 9.2 (3.9)
MP at follow-up or prehip surgery: mean (SD) 33.7 (24.5) 27.3 (22.5) 44.4 (24.2)
 Level I 13.5 (4.5) 13.5 (4.5) NA
 Level II 14.7 (8.1) 14.7 (8.1) NA
 Level III 33.2 (21.4) 27.7 (20.0) 44.3 (20.2)
 Level IV 35.5 (23.4) 28.5 (19.4) 42.8 (25.5)
 Level V 56.7 (32.4) 63.1 (40.2) 51.5 (25.6)
No. (%)children: hips MP >30% 50 (56): 70 (39) 19 (34): 26 (23) 31 (91): 44 (65)
 Level I 0 (0): 0 (0) 0 (0): 0 (0) 0 (0): 0 (0)
 Level II 1 (8): 1(4) 1 (8): 1(4) 0 (0): 0 (0)
 Level III 11 (46): 16 (33) 4 (25): 7 (22) 7 (88): 9 (56)
 Level IV 31 (72): 42 (49) 11 (50): 13 (30) 20 (95): 29 (69)
 Level V 7 (78): 11 (61) 3 (75): 5 (63) 4 (80); 6 (60)

SDR indicates Selective dorsal rhizotomy; MP, Migration percentage; GMFCS, Gross Motor Function Classification System.