Microvascular decompression: a contemporary update [PDF]
Background Microvascular decompression (MVD) is the gold-standard surgical treatment for cranial nerve compression disorders, including trigeminal neuralgia (TN), hemifacial spasm (HFS), and glossopharyngeal neuralgia (GPN).
Inibehe Ime Okon +20 more
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Case report: Fully endoscopic microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia
Microvascular decompression is safe, effective, and micro-invasive. Due to these advantages, it has become the mainstream treatment for trigeminal neuralgia, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, and hemifacial spasm.
Haotian Jiang +8 more
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Microvascular decompression (MVD) is a widely used surgical intervention to relieve the abnormal compression of a facial nerve caused by an artery or vein that results in hemifacial spasm (HFS).
Byung‐Euk Joo +3 more
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Microvascular decompression in trigeminal neuralgia - a prospective study of 115 patients
Background Trigeminal neuralgia is a severe facial pain disorder. Microvascular decompression is first choice surgical treatment of patients with classical TN.
Anne Sofie Schott Andersen +7 more
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Endoscopic Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia [PDF]
Background: A severe, intermittent pain in the trigeminal nerve distribution area on one side of the face is known as trigeminal neuralgia. The primary pathophysiological cause of trigeminal neuralgia is neurovascular compression, which results in ...
Ebrahim Atiah +2 more
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Microvascular Decompression using Muscle Graft for Vertebral Artery Medullary Compression Syndrome
It is well known that brainstem dysfunction may be caused by vascular compression of the medulla oblongata. However, only a limited number of reports have found microvascular decompression surgery to be an effective treatment for symptomatic patients ...
Prasanna Karki +5 more
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Comparison of Surgical Outcomes in Microscopic and Fully Endoscopic Microvascular Decompression for Hemifacial Spasm [PDF]
Fully endoscopic microvascular decompression is increasingly being used to treat hemifacial spasm; however, its efficacy must be validated by comparing it with conventional microscopic microvascular decompression.
Kyosuke MATSUNAGA +3 more
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Autologous Fibrin Glue in Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia and Hemifacial Spasm [PDF]
Adhesive materials are widely used in microvascular decompression for treating neurovascular compression syndromes. They play an important role in the critical step of vessel fixation.
Ken MATSUSHIMA +3 more
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Acute brain swelling due to intraoperative supratentorial subdural hematoma during microvascular decompression: a case report [PDF]
BackgroundMicrovascular decompression (MVD) is the primary treatment for cranial neurovascular compression syndromes. The most critical complication is hemorrhage during or after surgery.
Jia Shi, Jiachao Cao, Qiang Zhou
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The simpler the better: a personal philosophy of microvascular decompression surgery
Microvascular decompression (MVD) has been widely accepted as the most effective remedy for hyperactive cranial rhizopathy, such as hemifacial spasm and trigeminal neuralgia.
Jun Zhong
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