The progress made in neonatal medicine led to a better survival rate of premature newborns of smaller and smaller gestational ages, which also led to a greater risk of complications such as cerebral palsy, whose incidence is increased to 1.5-5.6 per 1,000 live births among premature infants. The risk factors associated with prematurity in producing cerebral palsy are multiple. Of these, the most common are: corioamniotitis, fetal malpresentations, birth asphyxia, periventricular leukomalacia, intracranial haemorrhage, hypoxic-ischemic lesion. The clinicaletiological forms encountered are spastic hemiplegia, spastic tetraplegia, spastic diplexia and extrapyramidal dyskinesia. Prognosis is severely affected by the presence of epilepsy, deafness, hallucinations, strabismus, mental retardation (30- 50%), attention deficit and autism. It is appreciated that 25% of patients with cerebral palsy have walking disorders. Cerebral palsy is considered a serious condition with immediate and long term sequelae that affects quality of life and social integration.
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