Nerve or motor point block with 7% phenol solutions for the relief of the spasticity that had resulted from a number causes was tried 238 times in 72 patients. 37patients were cerebral palsy, which was most common. 11 patients were
cerebrovascular
accident or traumatic brain injury, 11 patients were spinal cord injury, 3 patients were tumor of central nervous system. Most common injection sites were biceps brachii and pronator teres muscles in upper extremity for the relief of flexion
synergy in
the cerebrovascular accidents patients, and medial head of gatrocnemius and tibialis posterior muscles in the lower extremity for the relief of equinovarus deformity in spastic diplegia type cerebral palsy patients. Total dose injected in each
patient
was 0.8 to 20.2cc(average 6.4±4.1cc) and which was far below the toxic dosage. We have not encountered any serious side effects except for few local induration or pain and mild dizziness. Ease, simplicity, safety, therapeutic benefits, and
economic
advantages of nerve or motor point with 7% phenol solutions warrant its more widespread use.
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