Table 4.
CT contractility index (CI) of the same segment, presented on Table 4, on progress “post-BTA scan 2” (noting “post-BTA scan 1” as the earliest post-BTA measurements obtained pre-operatively).
| Case | Muscle layer | Right side CT contractility index | Left side CT contractility index | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anterior | Posterior | Anterior | Posterior | ||||||||||
| Pre BTA | Post BTA 1 | Post BTA 2 | Pre BTA | Post BTA 1 | Post BTA 2 | Pre BTA | Post BTA 1 | Post BTA 2 | Pre BTA | Post BTA 1 | Post BTA 2 | ||
| 1 (300U BTA) | EO | 31 | −42 | −52 | −14 | −3 | 6 | 14 | −24 | −2 | 2 | −22 | 92 |
| IO | 15 | −36 | −54 | −24 | −11 | −18 | 44 | −4 | −15 | 6 | 6 | 70 | |
| TA | −1 | −17 | −28 | 12 | 34 | −12 | 25 | −5 | −2 | 30 | −24 | −11 | |
| 2 (300U BTA) | EO | 26 | −17 | −11 | 45 | −12 | 2 | −4 | −19 | −23 | 16 | 7 | −13 |
| IO | 24 | −29 | −46 | 114 | 16 | −9 | 5 | −46 | −22 | 43 | 12 | 4 | |
| TA | −3 | 18 | −2 | −7 | −29 | −25 | −14 | −32 | −13 | −12 | −25 | 10 | |
| 3 (300U BTA) probable EMG side mislabeled | EO | −2 | −22 | 7 | −8 | −14 | 158 | 2 | −22 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 40 |
| IO | 10 | −15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −15 | 35 | 0 | 82 | 17 | 142 | 84 | |
| TA | 31 | −38 | 30 | 36 | −7 | 21 | 18 | −18 | 63 | 37 | 55 | 31 | |
| 4 (300U BTA) | EO | 176 | 115 | 11 | 24 | 75 | 67 | 39 | −10 | 20 | 38 | 40 | 19 |
| IO | 41 | 30 | 7 | 68 | 108 | 99 | 95 | −15 | 23 | 65 | 78 | 84 | |
| TA | 90 | −4 | 80 | 87 | 33 | −19 | 52 | −2 | 5 | 174 | 49 | 16 | |
| 5 (300U BTA) | EO | 36 | 24 | −35 | 29 | 22 | 35 | 23 | −28 | 2 | 35 | −29 | 2 |
| IO | 57 | −47 | −63 | 64 | 78 | 90 | 97 | −12 | −48 | 27 | 56 | 107 | |
| TA | 10 | −38 | 9 | 55 | 8 | 56 | 39 | −31 | −38 | 58 | 7 | 23 | |
| 6 (200U BTA) | EO | 25 | −5 | 7 | 18 | −16 | 15 | 40 | −2 | 4 | −1 | −2 | 4 |
| IO | 36 | −25 | 25 | 28 | 46 | 37 | 30 | 17 | 18 | 69 | 22 | 27 | |
| TA | 67 | 42 | 48 | 48 | 14 | 24 | 145 | −31 | −5 | 71 | 66 | 4 | |
| 7 (200U BTA) | EO | 13 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 37 | 48 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 53 |
| IO | −2 | −3 | 87 | 32 | 53 | 63 | −28 | −6 | 65 | 3 | 32 | 34 | |
| TA | 3 | 42 | 16 | 33 | 67 | 77 | 53 | 69 | 66 | 52 | 50 | 89 | |
| 8 (200U BTA) | EO | 25 | −5 | −9 | 37 | 97 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 31 |
| IO | 75 | 14 | 22 | −38 | −16 | −15 | 27 | −21 | −66 | −12 | −34 | −4 | |
| TA | 79 | A | N | 6 | −1 | −3 | 36 | 5 | −54 | −10 | −35 | −61 | |
| 9 (200U BTA) | EO | 13 | 5 | N | 54 | 11 | 5 | 25 | −14 | 1 | 91 | 0 | 7 |
| IO | 88 | 24 | 107 | 18 | −33 | 20 | 62 | −39 | 37 | 58 | −38 | 14 | |
| TA | 122 | 22 | 43 | 85 | 7 | −16 | 34 | −8 | 17 | 54 | −11 | −44 | |
| 10 (200U BTA) | EO | 28 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 11 | −6 | 10 | 58 | 50 | 21 |
| IO | 90 | 8 | 58 | 110 | 44 | 3 | 102 | 57 | 38 | 19 | 67 | 79 | |
| TA | 24 | 0 | −5 | 160 | −8 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 69 | 107 | 39 | 110 | |
| 11 (200U BTA) | EO | 24 | −25 | 23 | 28 | 4 | 29 | 26 | −29 | 14 | 56 | 74 | 14 |
| IO | 119 | −53 | 16 | 70 | 15 | 46 | 56 | −40 | 55 | 82 | 72 | 86 | |
| TA | 28 | −41 | 68 | 40 | −24 | −14 | 85 | −6 | 15 | 115 | −12 | 6 | |
Positive CI values indicate an increase in muscle thickness on crunching (i.e., declining BTA effect with now contractile muscle). Negative CI values indicate a decrease in muscle thickness on crunching (i.e., persisting BTA effect with flaccid non-contractile muscle).