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Boy Who had a Brain Bleed During Birth that Caused Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL) & Cerebral Palsy Gets Groundbreaking Operation Called Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR)

November 12, 2014/0 Comments/in Birth Injury /by Jesse Reiter

Community pays for a groundbreaking surgery to help a little boy with cerebral palsy be able to walk. The surgery is called selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR), and children with cerebral palsy from around the world travel to the U.S. for this operation.

Groundbreaking surgery – selective dorsal rhizotomy – helps little boy with PVL and cerebral palsy walk unaided for the first time

August 21, 2013/6 Comments/in Cerebral Palsy /by Jesse Reiter

A little boy that stopped breathing at birth and had to be resuscitated suffered cerebral palsy and PVL and was unable to walk until age 6, when he underwent a groundbreaking surgery called SDR.