Re-emergence of surgery for dystonia
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Re-emergence of surgery for dystonia.
In the paper by Ford et al (this volume, pp 472–478), the authors describe the results of an open label, retrospective study of a selective denervation for severe cervical dystonia (torticollis) in 16 patients refractory to injections with botulinum toxin type A. Using functional capacity scales they concluded that six (37.5%) patients had “a moderate or complete return of normal neck function”...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.65.4.434