title: [Surgical treatment of blepharospasm: results of a study of 138 patients using an improved disability scale].
abstract: We applied a new blepharospasm clinical disability scale to the evaluation of blepharospasm surgery in a group of 138 patients. This scale analyzes six parameters of daily life, namely reading, watching television, household tasks, walking, employment, and driving. The patients had either essential blepharospasm or pretarsal dystonia. Frontalis suspension of the eyelid gave slightly better functional results than orbicularis resection in some patient subgroups.
authors.affiliation: Service d'ophtalmologie, CHU de Limoges, 2 avenue M. L. King, 87042 Limoges, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Adenis
authors.forename: Damien
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grivet
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thuret
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pellissier de Féligonde
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gain
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maugery
authors.forename: Pierre-Yves
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Robert
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019882:Blepharoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D001764:Blepharospasm / Q000601:surgery*; D004421:Dystonia / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011932:Reading; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013690:Television; D016896:Treatment Outcome