title: The orbicularis stripping operation for intractable blepharospasm: surgical results in eighteen patients.
abstract: The orbicularis stripping operation may be the only method of relieving the symptoms of essential blepharospasm when medical means and botulinum toxin injections fail.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001764:Blepharospasm / Q000601:surgery*; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications