I Have Blepharospasm: Can I Get Lid Surgery? What About PSP?
Creator
Valerie Elmalem, MD
Affiliation
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Subject
Blepharospasm; Progressive Supranuclear Palsy; Ocular Surface Disease; Neurotoxin; Lid Surgery
Description
Movement disorders of the eyelids including blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm, apraxia of eyelid opening, and conditions that result in poor blink can present special challenges when considering surgery in the periocular region.
Date
2023-03
References
1. Anderson RL, Patel BC, Holds JB, Jordan DR. Blepharospasm: past, present, and future. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 1998 Sep;14(5):305-17. PMID: 9783280. 2. Bradley EA, Hodge DO, Bartley GB. Benign essential blepharospasm among residents of Olmstead County, Minnesota, 1976-1995: an epidemiologic study. Ophthal Plast REconstr Surg 2003; 19:177-181. 3. Hamil EB, Yen MT. The history of blepharospasm in medicine. Int Ophthalmol Ch=lin 2018; 58:3-10. 4. Grandas F, Elston J, Quinn N, Marsden CD. Blepharospasm: a review of 264 patients. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1988 Jun;51(6):767-72. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.51.6.767. PMID: 3404184; PMCID:
Language
eng
Format
video/mp4
Type
Image/MovingImage
Source
2023 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
