chemodenervation

Indications

• treatment of strabismus & blepharospasm associated with dystonia
• spasticity resulting from cerebral palsy
• focal dystonias
• spasticity in the flexor muscles of the elbow, wrist, & fingers in adults
• sialorrhea from cerebral palsy
• hyperhidrosis
• for use by or in consultation with neurologist, psychiatrist, ophthalmologist, head & neck surgeon
• wrinkles
• migraine prophylaxis
• neuropathic pain ?

* same as Botox

Procedure

• a technique in which a neurotoxin (atropine, Botox) is used to paralyze a muscle or group of muscles

More general terms

• neurosurgery

More specific terms

• electrical stimulation with chemodenervation
• needle electromyography with chemodenervation