Effect of injection sites of botulinum toxin for blepharospasm treatment: Statistical analysis

Emilio C. Campos; Roberto Bolzani; Costantino Schiavi; Rocco Liguori; Maria Elisa Scarale

Effect of injection sites of botulinum toxin for blepharospasm treatment: Statistical analysis

Emilio C. Campos, Roberto Bolzani, Costantino Schiavi, Rocco Liguori, Maria Elisa Scarale

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Abstract

A statistical analysis was performed on the possible influence of injection sites on botulinum toxin A (BAT) treatment of essential blepharospasm. For this purpose, two groups (a total of 60 patients) were evaluated. The first group was treated with three suprabrow injections and the second one with five lid injections. The amount of BAT was the same in the two groups. Clinical results of the two different techniques appeared to be superimposable. Potentially, lid injection may induce more side effects. This was not, however, noted in our study. This is the first comparative study on the role of injection sites for BAT.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	17-23
Number of pages	7
Journal	Neuro-Ophthalmology
Volume	22
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 1999

Keywords

Botulinum toxin
Essential benign blepharospasm
Focal dystonia

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Clinical Neurology
Ophthalmology

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