Optical Stimulation in Peripheral Nerves for Select Rhizotomy Procedures

Exclusion Criteria

• •Patients in which a segment of the nerve (up to 2cm) cannot likely be identified at the time of surgery as determined by the pediatric neurosurgeon
• •Children not undergoing routine selective rhizotomy for medically refractory spasticity as determined by the pediatric neurosurgeon
• •Children who are medically unstable to tolerate an additional 20 minutes of experimental testing during the surgery
• •Women who are pregnant will be excluded from this study