重复局部注射A型肉毒毒素治疗局限性肌张力障碍长期疗效观察

目的研究重复局部注射A型肉毒毒素治疗偏侧面肌痉挛、眼睑痉挛、Meige's综合征、痉挛性斜颈的长期疗效及维持时间,有无剂量增加趋势。方法用A型肉毒毒素对241例患者重复小剂量局部多点注射,随访治疗10年,将6轮次治疗疗效以及剂量、疗效维持时间、不良反应进行比较分析。结果各轮次总有效率分别为98.7%、98.9%、99.3%、100%、100%、100%。作用持续(20±3)周,平均剂量40U,各轮间疗效、平均剂量、作用持续时间均无显著差异(P>0.05)。结论重复局部注射治疗局限性肌张力障碍长期疗效稳定,作用持续时间相似,维持疗效无需增加剂量,局部不良反应轻微短暂。     

A double-blind, randomized, crossover study of prosigne versus botox in patients with blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm

There is a lack of evidence on the clinical efficacy and safety of the recently released Chinese botulinum toxin serotype A (Prosigne) for the treatment of focal dystonias and hemifacial spasm. Determining a more precise role of Prosigne in the treatment of such conditions is of paramount importance, because botulinum toxin type A treatments have a huge economic implication in health services, especially in developing countries. The aim of our study was to compare the efficacy and safety of Prosigne in the treatment of blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm in comparison to Botox. We performed a double-blind, randomized, crossover study enrolling 26 patients. There were no significant differences between Prosigne and Botox regarding subjective global improvement, response onset, efficacy duration, and incidence and severity of adverse events. Our results suggest that Prosigne and Botox are comparable with respect to efficacy and safety for the short-term treatment of blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm.     

Treatment of hemifacial spasm with type A botulinum toxin (AGN 191622): a dose finding study and the evaluation of clinical effect with electromyography]

Forty-one patients with hemifacial spasm had an injection of type A botulinum toxin (AGN 191622; Allergan Co. Ltd., Irvine, CA). Patients were randomly divided into 3 groups by the injection dose: group L (1 unit; 14 patients), group M (5 units; 14 patients), and group H (10 units; 13 patients). Half of the dose was injected into the orbicularis oculi and the rest into the zygomaticus major muscles on the affected side. The clinical effect and electromyogram were evaluated at 2 weeks after the injection. The clinical benefit was dependent on the injection dose, and group H showed the highest rate of improvement (84.6%). No adverse effect related to the toxin was demonstrated except one patient in group H who showed mild and transient lagophthalmos. For 81.8% of group H patients, the final judgement was "useful" or "very useful", which was 9.1% for group L and 50.0% for group M. On the other hand, electromyography disclosed no consistent dose-finding relationship. We conclude that at least 10 (preferably more) units of botulinum toxin are necessary for effectively treating hemifacial spasm. Electromyography has only limited value for the evaluation of clinical effect.     

原发性与面瘫后面肌痉挛患者面部异常运动A型肉毒毒素的治疗效果对比研究

目的 探讨A型肉毒毒素(botulinum toxin type A,BoNT-A)治疗原发性及面瘫后面肌痉挛患者痉挛及伴随联带运动的疗效差异。方法 选取2009年1月-2018年7月具有联带运动的面瘫后面肌痉挛患者12例,按照1:2配比性别无差异且具有联带运动的原发性面肌痉挛患者24例,分析2组BoNT-A治疗后痉挛严重程度以及伴随联带运动的改善差异。结果 面瘫后及原发性面肌痉挛患者在起效时间[(4.38±2.17)vs.(4.67±4.14)d],维持时间[(3.83±2.94)vs.(4.96±2.48)d],注射剂量[(31.35±12.30)vs.(26.98±8.75)U]方面无明显差异(P>0.05)。原发性面肌痉挛组患者满意度显著较高(84.79±19.81 vs. 64.17±31.54,P<0.05)。2组痉挛改善有效率均高于90%,组间无明显差异(91.67% vs. 95.83%,P>0.05)。2组联带运动均有改善,但无明显差异(83.33% vs. 58.33%,P>0.05)。5个自主动作相关联带运动改善方面仅发现原发性面肌痉挛患者噘嘴引起联带运动的改善有明显差异(P<0.05)。结论 BoNT-A可以显著改善原发性与面瘫后面肌痉挛患者的痉挛严重程度,在联带运动严重程度改善方面有一定疗效。原发性面肌痉挛患者噘嘴引起的联带运动在BoNT-A治疗后显著改善。     

Treatment of hemifacial spasm with botulinum toxin.

The effectiveness of botulinum toxin injections in 11 patients with hemifacial spasm was investigated in a prospective placebo-controlled blinded study. The patients were treated with four sets of injections to various facial muscles, selected by clinical evaluation. Three injections were with graded doses of toxin and one was with placebo. The order of injections was random and unknown to the patients. Results were scored both subjectively by patient assessment of symptoms and objectively by blinded review of videotapes made one month after each injection. Subjective improvement occurred after 79% of injections with botulinum toxin, regardless of dose of toxin. Only 1 patient improved after placebo. Objective improvement was seen after 84% of injections with botulinum toxin. No patient showed objective improvement after placebo injection. The most frequent side effect was facial weakness, seen after 97% of injections of botulinum toxin. Facial bruising (20%), diplopia (13%), ptosis (7%), and various other mild side effects were seen less frequently. Botulinum toxin appears to be an effective and safe method of therapy for hemifacial spasm.     

Botulinum toxin treatment of cranial-cervical dystonia, spasmodic dysphonia, other focal dystonias and hemifacial spasm.

In the past five years, 477 patients with various focal dystonias and hemifacial spasm received 3,806 injections of botulinum A toxin for relief of involuntary spasms. A definite improvement with a global rating greater than or equal to 2 on a 0-4 scale, was obtained in all 13 patients with spasmodic dysphonia, 94% of 70 patients with blepharospasm, 92% of 13 patients with hemifacial spasm, 90% of 195 patients with cervical dystonia, 77% of 22 patients with hand dystonia, 73% of 45 patients with oromandibular dystonia, and in 90% of 21 patients with other focal dystonia who had adequate follow up. While the average duration of maximum improvement lasted about 11 weeks after an injection (range seven weeks in patients with hand dystonia to 15 weeks in patients with hemifacial spasm), some patients benefited for over a year. Only 16% of the 941 treatment visits with follow up were not successful. Except for transient focal weakness, there were very few complications or systemic effects attributed to the injections. This study supports the conclusion that botulinum toxin injections are a safe and effective therapy for patients with focal dystonia and hemifacial spasm.     

Botulinum toxin in the treatment of focal dystonias: own experience with botulinum toxin

During the last 5 years, 75 patients with focal dystonias were longitudinally treated with injections of botulinum toxin A. Each patient received 2-6 injections. The improvement was assessed after each injection and estimated as significant after 68.47% of injections, as mediocre after 23.42% of injections and none after 8.11% of the injections. The most significant improvement was obtained in patients with blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm, the worst effect was obtained in spasmodic torticollis. Varying responses were observed following repeated injections of botulinum toxin, the clinically assessed improvement did not decrease after successively applied doses. Side-effects occurred after 18% of the injections and were mostly mild and disappeared after short time. This study confirms the usefulness of botulinum toxin, which is an effective and safe treatment of focal dystonias.     

Differences in improvement between patients with idiopathic versus neurovascular hemifacial spasm after botulinum toxin treatment.

This study was performed to investigate the differences in response to botulinum toxin treatment between patients with idiopathic versus neurovascular hemifacial spasm. A total of 69 patients with hemifacial spasm were investigated prospectively with cranial magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiography. Neurovascular contact was found in 23 patients. All patients were assessed with a severity scale and a disease awareness scale. After treatment, the patients with idiopathic hemifacial spasm improved significantly in terms of both severity and awareness scores, but the patients with neurovascular hemifacial spasm improved only in the awareness scores. In conclusion, patients with idiopathic hemifacial spasm experienced a greater improvement after treatment with botulinum toxin than did patients with neurovascular hemifacial spasm.     

Gabapentin in the treatment of hemifacial spasm

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the efficacy of gabapentin in the treatment of hemifacial spasm. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Twenty-three patients with hemifacial spasm not suitable for surgery or therapy with botulinum toxin were treated with gabapentin. The main efficacy parameter was the percentage of spasm reduction. RESULTS: A clinically significant reduction of spasms was obtained by 16 patients. CONCLUSION: Gabapentin was effective and safe in reducing hemifacial spasm in 16 out 23 (69.6%) patients.     

Botulinum toxin treatment of hemifacial spasm and blepharospasm: objective response evaluation.

Twenty seven patients with hemifacial spasm (HFS) and sixteen patients with blepharospasm (BS) having mean Jankovic disability rating scale score of 2.56+0.58 SD and 2.81+0.54 SD, respectively, were treated with botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) injections. The total number of injection sessions were ninety one with relief response in 98.91%. The mean improvement in function scale score was 3.78+0.64 SD and 3.29+1.07 SD respectively, in HFS and BS groups. The clinical benefit induced by botulinum toxin lasted for a mean of 4.46+3.11 SD (range 2 to 13) months in HFS group and 2.66+1.37 SD (range 1 to 6) months, in BS groups. Transient ptosis was seen in 4.39% of total ninety one injection sessions. These findings show that local botulinum toxin treatment provides effective, safe and long lasting relief of spasms.     

Botulinum toxin A injection in the treatment of hemifacial spasm

Introduction – There are conflicting reports concerning the variation in duration of symptoms relief for patients with hemifacial spasm who have undergone several injections of botulinum A toxin (BOTX-A). We present our experience of BOTX-A injections in Taiwanese patients to analyze this issues, and to inspect whether the efficacy of treatment depends on the pre-injection severity. Material and method — From July 1992 to December 1994, 137 patients received injections of BOTX-A. We used objective and subjective score system to evaluate the efficacy and side effects of BOTX-A injection. Results — The overall successful rate of substantial relief of spasm was 88%. The mean duration of response was 20 weeks. Patents with more severe spasm tended to have shorter duration of improvement. The effects of consecutive injections remained fairly constant over the first 4 injections. Conclusion — The BOTX-A injection is an effective and safe treatment for patients with hemifacial spasm and the effect could be sustained over the consecutive injections.     

A型肉毒毒素治疗面肌痉挛、眼睑痉挛疗效观察

目的观察A型肉毒毒素治疗面肌、眼睑痉挛的疗效。方法采用A型肉毒毒素局部注射治疗偏侧面肌痉挛51例、眼睑痉挛8例,并使用Cohen和Albert量表对疗效进行评估。结果31例(52.5%)症状完全缓解,22例(37.2%)明显改善,6例(10.1%)部分改善,疗效平均持续约9～33周,复发者重复注射仍有效。不良反应可出现眼睑闭合不全、面肌无力、眼睑下垂等共18例,均在4周内恢复。结论局部注射A型肉毒毒素确为一种安全有效的治疗面肌、眼睑痉挛的方法。     

Botulinum toxin treatment in patients with focal dystonia and hemifacial spasm. A multicenter study of the Italian Movement Disorder Group

In six Centers belonging to the Italian Movement Disorder Study Group, the efficacy of botulinum toxin treatment was evaluated in an open collaborative study in 251 patients with focal dystonia and hemifacial spasm. The percentage of functional improvement ranged from 66% to 81% in patients with blepharospasm, from 40% to 51% in patients with spasmodic torticollis and from 73% to 81% in those with hemifacial spasm. Good results were also obtained in patients with oromandibular dystonia, laryngeal dystonia and writer's cramp. Side effects were mild and transient. Local botulinum toxin injection is the first choice symptomatic treatment in focal dystonia and hemifacial spasm.

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Sommario In 6 centri facenti parte del Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio dei Disturbi del Movimento è stata valutata l'efficacia della somministrazione di tossina botulinica A in 251 pazienti affetti da distonia focale e da spasmo del facciale. Nei pazienti con blefarospasmo, la percentuale media di miglioramento osservata è compresa tra il 66 e l'81%, mentre nei pazienti con torcicollo varia tra il 40% e il 51%. Nei pazienti affetti da spasmo del facciale la percentuale media di miglioramento è compresa tra il 73% e l'81%. Buoni risultati sono stati ottenuti anche nella terapia di distonie focali meno frequenti, come la distonia oromandibolare e laringea e il crampo dello scrivano. Gli effetti collaterali osservati sono risultati generalmente lievi, locali e transitori. Lo studio conferma quindi l'utilità della tossina botulinica nella terapia sintomatica delle distonie focali e nello spasmo del facciale.

     

Treatment of idiopathic hemifacial spasm with botulinum toxin

Twelve patients with idiopathic hemifacial spasm received treatment with botulinum toxin A over a period of 18 months. Of 76 treatments given, most (94.7%) led to successful relief of eyelid spasms and all treatments were successful for perioral and lower facial muscle spasms. An average dose of 9.3 units of toxin per session was given to produce a mean interval of relief of 10.8 weeks. Blepharoptosis was the only ocular side effect; it was mild, reversible and occurred in 2 patients. However, lower facial palsy was frequent (9 patients); it was mild to moderate in severity but only partially reversible in 8 patients. Dosage for lower facial muscles should therefore be reduced.     

No clinical or neurophysiological evidence of botulinum toxin diffusion to non-injected muscles in patients with hemifacial spasm

Botulinum toxin injected into a muscle may diffuse to nearby muscles thus producing unwanted effects. In patients with hemifacial spasm, we evaluated clinically and neurophysiologically, whether botulinum toxin type A (BoNT-A) diffuses from the injection site (orbicularis oculi) to untreated muscles (orbicularis oris from the affected side and orbicularis oculi and oris from the unaffected side). We studied 38 patients with idiopathic hemifacial spasm. Botulinum toxin was injected into the affected orbicularis oculi muscle alone (at 3 standardized sites) at a clinically effective dose. Patients were studied before (T0) and 3-4 weeks after treatment (T1). We evaluated the clinical effects of botulinum toxin and muscle strength in the affected and unaffected muscles. We also assessed the peak-to-peak amplitude compound muscle action potential (CMAP) recorded from the orbicularis oculi and orbicularis oris muscles on both sides after supramaximal electrical stimulation of the facial nerve at the stylomastoid foramen. In all patients, botulinum toxin treatment reduced muscle spasms in the injected orbicularis oculi muscle and induced no muscle weakness in the other facial muscles. The CMAP amplitude significantly decreased in the injected orbicularis oculi muscle, but remained unchanged in the other facial muscles (orbicularis oris muscle on the affected side and contra-lateral unaffected muscles). In conclusion, in patients with hemifacial spasm, botulinum toxin, at a clinically effective dose, induces no clinical signs of diffusion and does not reduce the CMAP size in the nearby untreated orbicularis oris or contralateral facial muscles.     

Botulinum toxin therapy: distant effects on neuromuscular transmission and autonomic nervous system.

To evaluate distant effects of botulinum toxin, single fibre electromyography on the extensor digitorum communis muscle and six tests of cardiovascular reflexes were performed in five patients injected with BoTox (Oculinum(R) 20-130 units) for craniocervical dystonia and hemifacial spasm. Patients underwent two sessions of treatment and the second time the dosage was doubled. Botulinum toxin injection induced an increase of mean jitter value above normal limits in all cases. An increase of fibre density was recorded six weeks after the treatment. Cardiovascular reflexes showed mild abnormalities in four patients. The data confirm distant effects of botulinum toxin on neuromuscular transmission and on autonomic function.     

Botulinum toxin as a treatment for blepharospasm, spasmodic torticollis and hemifacial spasm.

Fifty-two patients affected by focal dystonia or hemifacial spasm were treated with repeated injections of botulinum toxin. A clinical improvement was observed in all patients with blepharospasm; clinical benefit had a mean duration of 10 weeks. Clinical results were less impressive, but also favorable in patients affected by spasmodic torticollis and by hemifacial spasm. In the latter, the incidence of drug-induced paresis was much higher than that observed in patients with blepharospasm, even though the doses of toxin injected were significantly lower.     

Gabapentin as treatment for hemifacial spasm.

Hemifacial spasm, a life-long condition characterized by involuntary unilateral contractions of the facial muscles, is a disabling disorder often resulting in patient irritation and social embarassment. Its probable etiology is neurovascular compression of the facial nerve at its root exit zone. The current medical treatment consists of either baclofen or anticonvulsant drugs, with limitation due to side effects or low efficacy. In recent years botulinum toxin injection and microvascular decompression of the facial nerve have been shown to be highly successful. However, both procedures share some complications and require special techniques. We present 5 patients affected by hemifacial spasm who responded well to the novel anticonvulsant drug gabapentin. Gabapentin was administered at a dose ranging from 900 to 1,600 mg daily, with rapid and clear improvement of spasms and absence of any remarkable adverse effects. Our findings suggest that gabapentin may be an effective treatment for patients with hemifacial spasm with a very good ratio of therapeutic effects to side effects when compared with other drugs currently used.     

Comparison of preseptal and pretarsal injections of botulinum toxin in the treatment of blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm

Although the beneficial effect of subcutaneous injections of botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) is well known in both blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm, the position of the injection sites around the orbicularis oculi may influence the effectiveness and side effects. Here we report results of preseptal and pretarsal BTX-A injections in 53 patients (25 blepharospasm and 28 hemifacial spasm) in whom we used both injection techniques successively. Pretarsal injections were used in 102 out of 186 treatments in blepharospasm group and in 84 out of 202 treatments in hemifacial spasm group. Pretarsal BTX-A treatment produced significantly higher response rate and longer duration of maximum response in both patient groups. This technique was also associated with a lower frequency of major side effects such as ptosis. We concluded that injections of BTX-A into the pretarsal, rather than the preseptal portion of the orbicularis oculi is more effective for treatment of involuntary eyelid closure due to contractions of this muscle. Received: 15 January 2001, Received in revised form: 11 May 2001, Accepted: 17 May 2001     

Hemifacial spasm and basilar impression associated with Arnold-Chiari deformity. Report of a case]

The authors report a case of symptomatic basilar impression and Arnold-Chiari malformation being presented as the first symptom of hemifacial spasm. The surgical treatment of the malformation resulted in improvement of the clinical manifestation with reduction of the hemifacial spasm. The need for the aetiological therapy for the hemifacial spasm is emphasized, before symptomatic treatment with botulinum toxin is tried.