Open AccessObturator neurolysis using 65% alcohol for adductor muscle spasticity
Author(s) -
Anju Ghai,
Sukhbir Singh Sangwan,
Sarla Hooda,
Shashi Kiran,
Nidhi Garg
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/1658-354x.101223
Subject(s) - medicine , spasticity , neurolysis , contracture , hyperreflexia , surgery , spinal cord injury , joint contracture , obturator nerve , complication , spinal cord , anesthesia , psychiatry
Spasticity is motor alteration characterized by muscle hypertonia and hyperreflexia. It is an important complication of spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, and multiple sclerosis. If uncorrected, fibrosis and eventually bony deformity lock the joint into a fixed contracture. Chemical neurolysis using various agents is one of the therapeutic possibilities to alleviate spasticity. We are, hereby, reporting 3 patients in whom 65% alcohol was used as neurolytic agent for the treatment of hip adductor spasticity, and the effect lasted for a variable period.