A surgery that helps 7- to 10-year-olds with cerebral palsy walk also helps older kids and teens with the condition, a groundbreaking study shows. “We had thought that the older kids would not do as well, but there was really no difference in outcomes between the two groups,” said senior study author Dr. Robert Kay, director of the Jackie and Gene Autry Orthopedic Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. The procedure in question is dubbed SEMLS, short for single-event multilevel surgery. It is the standard of care for helping kids Read More