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Microvascular Decompression

The Clinical Journal of Pain, 2002
Microvascular decompression (MVD) remains the only treatment of trigeminal neuralgia that directly addresses the presumed pathogenesis. It is a proven therapy, associated with the longest duration of pain relief while preserving facial sensation. The authors' premise for advocating early MVD is the belief that the disease's natural progression, in the ...
W Jeffrey, Elias, Kim J, Burchiel
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Microvascular decompression operations

2007
Moving a blood vessel off the intracranial portion of the auditory nerve can successfully cure some individuals with specific forms of subjective tinnitus. This operation, known as microvascular decompression (MVD) is in general use to treat other hyperactive disorders such as hemifacial spasm (HFS) and trigeminal neuralgia (TGN) where the operation ...
Aage R, Møller, Margareta B, Møller
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Microvascular Decompression for Tinnitus

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 1997
Tinnitus had been considered as a surgically incurable disease before Dr. Jannetta's microvascular decompression. Fifty-nine patients were operated on between February 1996 and January 1997 in our center. Selection of the patients was based on personal history, neurootologic test and MRI findings.
Y, Ko, C W, Park
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