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Significant Correlation between Delayed Relief after Microvascular Decompression and Morphology of the Abnormal Muscle Response in Patients with Hemifacial Spasm

open access: yesNeurologia Medico-Chirurgica, 2022
Although microvascular decompression (MVD) is a reliable treatment for hemifacial spasm (HFS), postoperative delayed relief of persistent HFS is one of the main issues.
Yuki AMANO   +7 more
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Flanker Task Performance in Isolated Dystonia (Blepharospasm): A Focus on Sequential Effects

open access: yesBrain Sciences, 2020
Isolated dystonia manifests with involuntary muscle hyperactivity, but the extent of cognitive impairment remains controversial. We examined the executive functions in blepharospasm while accounting for motor symptom-related distractions as a factor ...
Max Pekrul   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cluster headache associated with secondary unilateral blepharospasm: A case report and review of the literature

open access: yesJournal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research, 2017
Purpose: Cluster headache is one of the most serious types of headache that is accompanied by autonomic parasympathetic symptoms. Its association with hemifacial spasm in the same side had been rarely reported. The aim of this report is describing a case
Abbas Bagheri   +5 more
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Reversible Hemifacial Spasm after Starting Escitalopram

open access: yesCase Reports in Neurology, 2020
This is a case of a patient who developed hemifacial spasm after he was started on escitalopram. His symptoms got worse after the dose was increased. The spasm resolved after the medication was stopped gradually.
Mazen Abdulrahaman Basheikh
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Secondary or Symptomatic Hemifacial Spasm caused by a Tumor of Cerebellopontine Angle Case Report and Review of the Literature

open access: yesIranian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2015
Background & Importance: Primary hemifacial spasm is usually caused by microvascular compression of the facial nerve at its root exit zone at brainstem without any space-occupying pathology.
Mohammad-Javad Mirzayan   +3 more
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Transposition of posterior inferior cerebellar artery could have caused ischemic complication in microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm

open access: yesInterdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2019
Ischemic complications are generally rare complications in microvascular decompression surgery for hemifacial spasm. We report a case of posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) infarction post-microvascular decompression. A 68-year old woman with a 2-
Naohide Fujita   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Botulinum toxin type A efficient treatment in patients with hemifacial spasm, Guantanamo 2018-2019

open access: yesRevista Información Científica, 2020
Introduction: no research records were found addressing the results of the application of botulinum toxin type A in patients with hemifacial spasm in Guantanamo province.
Talía Marzo-Ramírez   +1 more
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Health-related quality of life outcomes from botulinum toxin treatment in hemifacial spasm

open access: yesTherapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders, 2017
Background: Although botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) injections may alleviate involuntary muscle contractions in hemifacial spasm substantially, it is less clear whether the motor effect would translate into improvements of health-related quality of life (HR-
Daniel Weiss   +10 more
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Factors Related to Hemifacial Spasm Recurrence in Patients Undergoing Microvascular Decompression—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [PDF]

open access: gold, 2022
Grazia Menna   +6 more
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Decompression of the facial nerve in cases of hemifacial spasm

open access: yesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1954
Among 11 patients a complete cure was obtained in one case, a fair result in 4 cases, while in 6 cases the effect of the operation has only been temporary and full recurrence has taken place.
Karsten Kettel
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