Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: Frontalis suspension was used to treat 13 consecutive patients with apraxia and blepharospasm during a 4-year interval. Follow-up ranged from 16 months to 55 months. To improve the aesthetic outcome, an upper blepharoplasty was done at the same time as the frontalis suspension in 7 cases. RESULTS: Good or excellent functional results were obtained in 10 of 13 patients. In 6 of these patients, the spasm disappeared completely. Therapy was unsuccessful in 1 patient, and in 2 patients blepharospasm recurred after 9 months. CONCLUSION: Patients with blepharospasm and apraxia of eyelid opening may benefit from a frontalis suspension operation, which can be considered minimally invasive and reversible.
|
Authors | V De Groot, F De Wilde, L Smet, M J Tassignon |
Journal | Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery
(Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg)
Vol. 16
Issue 1
Pg. 34-8
(Jan 2000)
ISSN: 0740-9303 [Print] United States |
PMID | 10674730
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
|
Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Apraxia, Ideomotor
(complications)
- Blepharoplasty
- Blepharospasm
(etiology, surgery)
- Eyelids
(physiopathology)
- Fascia Lata
(transplantation)
- Female
- Forehead
(surgery)
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Recurrence
- Suture Techniques
- Treatment Outcome
|