Botulinum toxin treatment of hemifacial spasm.
Open Access
- 1 July 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 49 (7) , 827-829
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.49.7.827
Abstract
Six patients with hemifacial spasm were treated with injections of botulinum toxin A into the orbicularis oculi; the abnormal movements around the eye were relieved for an average of 15 weeks. There were no systemic or significant local side effects, and in view of the risks involved in neurosurgical treatment, a trial of botulinum toxin injections is recommended in the first instance in this condition.This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
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