title: Periorbital myectomy for essential blepharospasm.
abstract: Essential blepharospasm is considered to be an incomplete form of Meige dystonic syndrome. Different medical and surgical treatments have been tried with a low success rate on a long-term basis. We are presenting a patient in whom the recently described technique of periorbital myectomy was applied.
mesh_terms: D001764:Blepharospasm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008342:Mandibulofacial Dysostosis / Q000601:surgery; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D009915:Orbit; D012008:Recurrence