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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1998;65:434 ( October )

Editorial commentary

Re-emergence of surgery for dystonia

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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". Despite some improvement in 12 of 14 (85.7%) patients on the Toronto western spasmodic torticollis rating scale (TWSTRS) dystonia rating scale applied to "blinded" ratings of videotaped examinations, the surgery failed to return patients to their occupations. The results of this study are comparable with those of Krauss et al1 who recently reported the effects of 70 intradural or extradural approaches in 46 patients with severe cervical dystonia. During a mean duration of follow up of 6.5 years, 21 (46%) of the patients reported excellent or marked improvement on a global outcome scale. There was no . . . [Full text of this article]


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