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chemodenervation
Indications:
1) treatment of strabismus & blepharospasm associated with dystonia
2) spasticity resulting from cerebral palsy
3) focal dystonias
4) spasticity in the flexor muscles of the elbow, wrist, & fingers in adults
5) sialorrhea from cerebral palsy
6) hyperhidrosis
7) for use by or in consultation with neurologist, psychiatrist, ophthalmologist, head & neck surgeon
8) wrinkles
9) migraine prophylaxis
10) neuropathic pain ?
* same as Botox
Procedure:
- a technique in which a neurotoxin (atropine, Botox) is used to paralyze a muscle or group of muscles
Specific
electrical stimulation with chemodenervation
needle electromyography with chemodenervation
General
neurosurgery
References
- Movement Disorder Virtual University
Spasticity: Chemodenervation and Neurolysis
http://www.mdvu.org/library/disease/spasticity/spa_mcd.asp