Surgical treatment of essential blepharospasm.

Author: Yoon Duck KIM ¹
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1. Department of Ophthalmology, Eulji General Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Publication Type:Case Reports
Keywords: essential blepharospasm; surgical treatment
MeSH: Adult; Aged; Blepharospasm/*surgery; Eyelid Diseases/*surgery; Female; Humans; Middle Aged; Oculomotor Muscles/*surgery
From:Korean Journal of Ophthalmology 1988;2(2):90-94
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: Essential blepharospasm is an incurable disease for which many treatment modalities fave been tried. The author has performed the Anderson's muscle stripping procrdure involving the meticulous extirpation of all eyelid protractors and reinrorcement or the retractors in three patients with essential blerharospasm withgratifying results.