Semlarass and Cerebral Palsy

Children with cerebral palsy usually have issues with muscle spasticity, which basically means that the child cannot effectively control their muscle movements. Those with CP often suffer from “jerky” motions or a severe lack of muscle tone which can affect simple activities such as grasping things, walking or turning.
An Indian doctor in conjunction with his colleagues developed a novel surgical treatment to help alleviate the symptoms and complications of spastic cerebral palsy. In 2000, Dr. Deepak Sheran came up with a system known as SEMLARASS, and acronym for Single Event Multilevel Lever Arm Restoration and Anti Spasticity Surgery.
This is a non-invasive type of surgery ideally carried out for children who are between the ages of 4 to 8.
Here’s an overview of what the surgery entails:
All the needed surgeries are usually done under a single hospital admission under one anesthetic. It also requires one rehabilitation period.
All regions and deformities are corrected simultaneously in view of interdependence of joints.
The direction and pull of muscles is corrected by hip subluxation, femoral anterversion as well as other muscle groups with the aim of restoring the function of the lever arm.
The surgeon carries out myofascial surgery in order to reduce muscle spasticity.
This type of surgery basically gives the growing child’s muscles and bones an opportunity to grow in, which effectively improves movement as well as other vital functions such as organ function, fine motor skill development, behavior, speech and a proper gait.
SEMLARASS may be especially beneficial for children who suffer from the following conditions:
Spastic diplegia
Spastic hemiplegia

Spastic quadriplegia