Cervical muscular dystonia. Modern approaches to treatment

Cervical dystonia is a disease of the nervous system characterized by forcible discoordinated abnormal postures of the head and neck. There are several approaches to the treatment of dystonia: conservative drug treatment, botulinum therapy and neurosurgery. The latter includes deep brain stimulation, radiofrequency ablation, focused ultrasound, gamma knife. Literature data on this problem from open statistical and information databases such as Web of Science, PUBMED, Movement Disorders Society; International Association of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders were analyzed. Through a comparative approach, the advantages and disadvantages of modern approaches and interventions used in the treatment of cervical dystonia are noted. Among the modern methods of treating cervical dystonia, there are a large number of approaches that improve the methods of managing such patients. This review allowed us to summarize the experience of their application. A significant growth of abilities of stereotactic techniques used in the treatment of cervical dystonia was also noted.