“White Cord Syndrome”: A Reperfusion Injury Following Laminectomy and Spinal Decompression Surgery—A Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]
White cord syndrome (WCS) is a rare but serious postoperative complication characterized by new neurological deficits and hyperintense signal changes on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) following spinal decompression surgery.
Iran Chanideh +6 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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Background: Microvascular decompression has been established as a primary treatment for hemifacial spasm. Intraoperative monitoring is used during the surgery to guide neurosurgeons to determine whether the decompression of facial nerve from the vessel ...
Setyo Widi Nugroho +5 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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Long-term results of microvascular decompression with video endoscopy in the treatment of patients with atypical trigeminal neuralgia [PDF]
Background: The incidence of atypical trigeminal neuralgia (aNTN) varies from 1 to 7 per 100,000 population per year. The main cause of its development is compression of the trigeminal nerve (TN) root by a vein and/or artery in the cerebellar cistern. To
Aleksey G. Vinokurov +8 more
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Background Microvascular decompression surgery for trigeminal neuralgia is now considered the benchmark surgical procedure for intractable trigeminal neuralgia of any variety.
Ahmed B. Abougamil +2 more
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Background Postoperative nausea and vomiting is common in patients receiving microvascular decompression. In the current study, we examined whether postoperative nausea and vomiting is associated with reduced intraocular pressure (IOP) after ...
Yuantao Hou +4 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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Autologous bone fragments for skull reconstruction after microvascular decompression
Background Various methods are used to reconstruct the skull after microvascular decompression, giving their own advantages and disadvantages. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of using autologous bone fragments for skull ...
Yuankun Cai +10 more
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Trigeminal neuralgia: new classification and diagnostic grading for practice and research [PDF]
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is an exemplary condition of neuropathic facial pain. However, formally classifying TN as neuropathic pain based on the grading system of the International Association for the Study of Pain is complicated by the requirement of ...
CRUCCU, Giorgio +8 more
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