Karapantzou, Chrisanthi

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","44"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Head & Face Medicine"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","10"],["dc.contributor.author","Karapantzou, Chrisanthi"],["dc.contributor.author","Dressler, Dirk"],["dc.contributor.author","Rohrbach, Saskia"],["dc.contributor.author","Laskawi, Rainer"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:33:27Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:33:27Z"],["dc.date.issued","2014"],["dc.description.abstract","Introduction: We describe the results of 15 patients suffering from essential blepharospasm with apraxia of eyelid opening who underwent frontalis suspension surgery. Material and methods: Patients with apraxia of eyelid opening and unresponsive to botulinum toxin injections were studied. Bilateral frontalis suspension surgery was performed (sling operation) using polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore-Tex (R)) sutures. The patients reported the degree of improvement using a subjective rating scale to evaluate the benefit of the operation at two times after surgery (0-10 days and 180-360 days). Results: The patients reported a high degree of subjective improvement. In the early postoperative period (0-10 days) the mean degree of subjective improvement was 74.6% (standard deviation (SD) 26.4%). At 180-360 days after surgery the mean improvement was 70.0% (SD 26.7%). Small hematomas of the upper lid occurred postoperatively in all patients. Other complications were suture extrusions (9.1%), suture granulomas (6.1%), lacrimation (5.0%) and local infections (7.5%). Postoperatively, all patients needed additional botulinum toxin injections for optimal outcome. Conclusion: Frontalis suspension surgery is a minimally invasive and effective treatment option for apraxia of eyelid opening in patients with essential blepharospasm unresponsive to botulinum toxin injections alone."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1186/1746-160X-10-44"],["dc.identifier.isi","000344708200001"],["dc.identifier.pmid","25338619"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/11008"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/31967"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Biomed Central Ltd"],["dc.relation.issn","1746-160X"],["dc.rights","CC BY 4.0"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"],["dc.title","Frontalis suspension surgery to treat patients with essential blepharospasm and apraxia of eyelid opening-technique and results"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]