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Spinal cord tethering should be ruled out with an urgent MRI if there is a change in neurologic exam.
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Untreated infants with spinal cord involvement have a mortality rate of 90-100%.
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Infants with L3 or above spinal segment involvement are mostly confined to a wheelchair.
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Infants with L5 level spinal segment involvement have a good prognosis for independent ambulation.
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Physiotherapy management will eventually be handed over to the parents or carers of the infant.
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Cerebral palsy is a progressive upper motor neuron disease.
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Contractures in cerebral palsy start as dynamic contractures and become static over time.
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Spastic cerebral palsy is the most common type and is characterized by increased muscle tone and hyperreflexia.
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Spasticity control can be achieved through non-operative methods such as physical therapy and medication.
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Myelodysplasia is a group of congenital disorders that result from chromosomal abnormalities and can cause neurological and anatomical anomalies.
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Infants with L4 level spinal segment involvement are typically household ambulators.
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True or false: Radiographs are useful for monitoring scoliosis/kyphosis, hip dysplasia, and pathologic fractures?
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True or false: Survival and neurologic impairment in spinal cord involvement depend on the level of spinal segment involved?
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True or false: Physiotherapy management will eventually be handed over to the parents or carers of the infant?
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True or false: MRI should be done urgently if there is a change in neurologic exam to rule out cord tethering?
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