Meanings of hemifacial spasm in английском

Objective: To investigate the association between primary hemifacial spasm and arterial hypertension.

Results: Thirty-one patients with blepharospasm and 21 patients with hemifacial spasm took part.

In our sample, hypertension either preceded or followed the onset of hemifacial spasm.

Ephaptic neural transmission is the proposed cause of hemifacial spasm.

Materials and methods: Patients with blepharospasm or hemifacial spasm treated with botulinum toxin were included.

Results: Hypertension was more common among the patients with primary hemifacial spasm than among the controls.

The surgical treatment of the malformation resulted in improvement of the clinical manifestation with reduction of the hemifacial spasm.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the endoscope combined with microscope for the microvascular decompression in hemifacial spasm.

The need for the aetiological therapy for the hemifacial spasm is emphasized, before symptomatic treatment with botulinum toxin is tried.

The authors report a case of symptomatic basilar impression and Arnold-Chiari malformation being presented as the first symptom of hemifacial spasm.

The involuntary movements consisted of brief twitches and prolonged contractions clinically and electromyographically similar to those of hemifacial spasm and cramps.

The pre-and post-operative Cohen Classification was used for hemifacial spasm, House-Brackmann Grade for facial nerve function, hearing level and complication rates were reviewed.

This article describes the case of a 67-year-old woman who presented with a typical left hemifacial spasm of 8-month duration.

Vascular contact with the facial nerve root-exit zone or at the internal auditory canal was present in 96 of 100 patients with hemifacial spasm.

Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a common neurological disorder characterized by involuntary tonic and clonic contractions of the muscles innervated by the facial nerve.

Hemifacial spasm occurred in 7.14% (n = 582) of 8,151 cases registered at the movement disorders clinic from 1993 to 2010.