... silence was preceded by a rhythmic activity of grouped potentials. Following coagulation, no spontaneous EMG activity was any longer recorded in the neck muscles, in the majority of the cases. Torticollis Spasmodic torticollis Electromyography App!. Neurophysiol. 38: 153-160 (1975...

...Philip L. Gildenberg Seminar on Spinal Cord Stimulation, New York 1980 Appl, Neurophysiol. 44: 233-243 (1981) Comprehensive Management of Spasmodic Torticollis Philip L. Gildenberg Division of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Tex., USA Key Words. Spasmodic...

...C. Bertrand; P. Molina-Negro; S.N. Martinez Thalamotomy with or without pallidotomy and peripheral denervation, if necessary, was performed in 14 cases of spasmodic torticollis or other late dystonias. Of 4 bilateral procedures, 2 had a good result, in 1 there was little change and in another...

...Donald M. Dooley; Ian Nisonson Patients with dystonia, spinocerebellar and cerebellar ataxia and spasmodic torticollis have a reasonable chance of being significantly aided in their control of motor function and neurogenic bladder by electrical stimulation of the cervical or thoracic spinal cord...

...C. von Essen; L.-E. Augustinsson; G. Lindqvist We performed stereotactic VOI thalamotomy as the only surgical treatment in spasmodic torticollis in 17 patients since 1972. The patients selected for surgery mainly presented horizontal torticollis. All the patients improved after unilateral...

...Philip L. Gildenberg A new method is described to treat spasmodic torticollis with the implantation of a dorsal column stimulator at the C 1–2 level or with transcutaneous stimulation. 22 patients were evaluated. 3 had sufficient relief to be treated with transcutaneous stimulation only...

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.... Spasmodic torticollis Peripheral denervation Ventral rhizotomy Movement Disorders Meet Am Soc Stereotact Funct Neurosurg, New York, N.Y., 2003 Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 2003;80:92 95 DOI: 10.1159/000075166 A Novel Denervation Procedure for Idiopathic Cervical Dystonia Takaomi Taira Tomokatsu Hori...

...Takaomi Taira; Tomokatsu Hori Most of spasmodic torticollis is classifical as cervical dystonia and the treatment of choice is chemical or surgical denervation. There are two major procedures for surgical denervation, intradural ventral rhizotomy and extradural peripheral neurotomy (Bertrand...

...Xinkang Chen; Anbao Ma; Jian Liang; Shaoxian Ji; Shengua Pei Object: To report the outcome of patients with selective denervation and resection of cervical muscles for spasmodic torticollis. Methods: We reviewed 362 cases of surgically treated spasmodic torticollis. 207 patients were followed from...

...Sertaç İşlekel; Mehmet Zileli; Berna Zileli Cervical dystonia (spasmodic torticollis) is a focal dystonia of the cervical region. Various treatment modalities have been performed with variable success rates. We present a 42-year-old woman complaining of involuntary head rotation for the last 3...

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...V. Braun; H.-P. Richter The results of selective peripheral denervation of the involved muscles in 35 patients with spasmodic torticollis are reported. We modified the Operation first described by Bertrand. Follow-up was 3 months to 2.5 years in B4/35 patients. 73% noticed a significant improvement...

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...P. Birk; H. Riescher; A. Struppler; M. Keidel Within the target area (VL) used for the stereotactic treatment of parkinsonian tremor and spasmodic torticollis, electrical stimulation as well as recording of somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) was performed. The effects of stimulation in the target...

...G. Dieckmann; G. Veras Four years’ experience with electrical stimulation of the cervical cord is reported for 18 patients suffering from spasmodic torticollis. Permanent 1,100-Hz stimulation of the C2–C4 level resulted in a marked improvement in 50% of the patients, in a satisfactory result...

...Joseph M. Waltz; Carmen A. Scozzari; David P. Hunt This report presents our observations in 63 patients undergoing chronic spinal cord stimulation for treatment of spasmodic torticollis. In this series there were 23 patients (36.5%) who demonstrated marked improvement, characterized by no evidence...