Treatment of hemifacial spasm with transcutaneous electrical stimulation.
A transcutaneous electrical stimulation method was used to treat hemifacial spasms. This treatment was applied concomitantly with drug therapy to 21 patients, and was found effective in 17 patients (81%). Electrotherapy is considered to be useful in patients with mild spasms and in those with severe spasms for whom surgical treatment is not possible.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D005152:Facial Muscles; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013035:Spasm / Q000628:therapy*; D004561:Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation