TABLE 2.
The outcomes and adverse events of radiofrequency ablation for Meige’s syndrome.
| Pt. | Diagnosis and relevant abnormal symptoms | Follow up time | Treatment effect and recurrence | Adverse events | Adverse events lasted |
| 1 | BDS (blepharospasm) | 31 months | Recurrence at the 18th month | Facial paralysis class II | Disappeared 2 months later |
| 2 | BDS (blepharospasm) | 24 months | Recurrence at the 22th month | Facial paralysis class III | Disappeared 3 months later |
| 3 | B-ODS (blepharospasm combined with oromandibular dystonia) | 9 months | No recurrence | Facial paralysis class III | Disappeared 3 months later; skin numbness of mandibular, lasted for 9 months |
| 4 | BDS (blepharospasm) | 4 months | No recurrence | Facial paralysis class II | Disappeared 2 months later |
| 5 | B-ODS (blepharospasm combined with oromandibular dystonia) | 4 months | No recurrence | Facial paralysis class II | Disappeared 3 months later; skin numbness of mandibular; lasted to now |
| 6 | BDS (blepharospasm) | 3 months | No recurrence | Facial paralysis class III | Disappeared 2 months later |
| 7 | ODS (oromandibular dystonia) | 3 months | No recurrence | Skin numbness of mandibular, | Numbness lasted to now |
| 8 | BDS (blepharospasm) | 2 months | No recurrence | Facial paralysis class III, restored to class II | Lasted to now |
| 9 | BDS (blepharospasm) | 2 months | No recurrence | Facial paralysis class II | Lasted to now |
| 10 | BDS (blepharospasm) | 1 months | No recurrence | Facial paralysis class III | Lasted to now |
BDS, blepharospasm dystonia syndrome; ODS, oromandibular dystonia syndrome; B-ODS, blepharospasm combined with oromandibular dystonia syndrome.