Canadian Physicians' Use of Perioperative Botulinum Toxin Injections to Spastic Limbs: A Cross-sectional National Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the practice patterns of Canadian physicians who use perioperative botulinum toxin (BoNT) injections to improve surgical outcomes on spastic limbs.

Design

A cross-sectional national survey composed of an invitation email and an 18-item questionnaire was disseminated by a national physical medicine and rehabilitation (PMR) society to 138 physician members involved in spasticity management.

Setting

Not applicable.

Participants

Twenty-five percent of the participants (N=34) fully completed the survey.

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main outcome measures

Participants completed an online questionnaire that examined the practice patterns and surgical outcomes associated with perioperative BoNT injections.

Results

The major

SUBMITTER: Kassam F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8683856 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature