Outcome of selective ramisectomy for botulinum toxin resistant torticollis

B. Ford, Elan D. Louis, P. Greene, Stanley Fahn

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry · 1998 · 61 citations · 28 references

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Abstract

About one third of patients with torticollis resistant to injections of botulinum toxin may derive modest long term functional improvement from selective denervation, with a reduction in dystonia by about 30%, but remain unable to work.

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