The efficacy of manipulative treatment for sternomastoid tumours
Leung, Y.K.; Leung, P.C.
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British Volume 69(3): 473-478
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0301-620X PMID: 3584205 Document Number: 286470
Sixty-seven patients with sternomastoid tumors have been treated by stretching and manipulation of the neck and the results evaluated after an average follow-up of six and a half years. Stretching was found to be useful in early management, although initial facial asymmetry and limitation of neck rotation of over 30.degree. usually precluded a good prognosis. The results were also unsatisfactory if, during the first six months of treatment, improvement was slow; in such cases facial asymmetry and head-tilting frequently persisted.