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Pediatric neurology · Aug 2005
Epilepsy and intrathecal baclofen therapy in children with cerebral palsy.
- Vincenzo Buonaguro, Barbara Scelsa, Domenico Curci, Sergio Monforte, Teresa Iuorno, and Francesco Motta.
- Department of Paediatric Orthopedics, Children's Hospital V. Buzzi, Milan, Italy.
- Pediatr. Neurol. 2005 Aug 1;33(2):110-3.
AbstractThe objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between epilepsy and intrathecal baclofen by investigating a consecutive sample of 150 children with cerebral palsy or spasticity of cerebral origin who underwent intrathecal baclofen. The medical charts of the 150 children were retrospectively reviewed. A series of 100 children with cerebral palsy, operated on other procedures, was reviewed as a control group. Forty percent of the 150 children had epilepsy before intrathecal baclofen pump implantation; 13.3% had a decrease in seizure frequency after intrathecal baclofen, while two children worsened and one child had seizures ex novo. We conclude that in children with spasticity of cerebral origin, intrathecal baclofen does not seem to aggravate or induce seizure activity.
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