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  • Title: Long-term effects of botulinum toxin injections in spasmodic dysphonia.
    Author: Davidson BJ, Ludlow CL.
    Journal: Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol; 1996 Jan; 105(1):33-42. PubMed ID: 8546422.
    Abstract:
    The purpose was to examine whether physiological changes can be found in laryngeal muscles following repeated treatment with botulinum toxin injections in spasmodic dysphonia. Seven patients whose treatment consisted of multiple unilateral thyroarytenoid injections were examined more than 6 months following their most recent botulinum toxin injection fiberoptic laryngoscopy and electromyography. Comparisons were made between injected and contralateral noninjected muscles' motor unit characteristics, muscle activation patterns, and vocal fold movement characteristics. The results demonstrated that motor unit characteristics differed between injected and noninjected muscles and that these differences were greater in patients less than 12 months since last injection. Motor unit duration differences were reduced and motor unit amplitude and numbers of turns were increased in muscles sampled over 1 year after injection. These results suggest that while the physiologic effects of botulinum toxin are reversible, the reinnervation process continues past 12 months following injection.
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