[Surgical treatment of blepharospasm: results of a study of 138 patients using an improved disability scale].
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.
Adenis
Jean-Paul
JP
Service d'ophtalmologie, CHU de Limoges, 2 avenue M. L. King, 87042 Limoges, France.
Grivet
Damien
D
Thuret
Gilles
G
Pellissier de Féligonde
Olivier
O
Gain
Philippe
P
Maugery
Jean
J
Robert
Pierre-Yves
PY
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