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Surgical technique for trigeminal microvascular decompression
Acta Neurochirurgica, 2012Microvascular decompression (MVD) is a non-ablative technique designed to resolve the neurovascular conflict responsible for typical idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia (TN).With the patient in a supine position, a small elliptical retrosigmoid craniectomy is used to approach the cerebellopontine angle and the trigeminal nerve. After careful exploration of
Giovanni, Broggi +3 more
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Surgical Decompression for Spinal Stenosis
2008Il capitolo esamina i trattamenti chirurgici più validi, e le relative indicazioni, nei pazienti affetti da stenosi del canale vertebrale ...
POSTACCHINI, Franco +2 more
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Surgical orbital decompression for thyroid eye disease
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2009Orbital decompression is an established procedure for the management of exophthalmos and visual rehabilitation from optic neuropathy in cases of thyroid eye disease. Numerous procedures for removal of orbital bony wall, fat or a combination of these for a variety of indications in different stages of the disease have been well reported in the medical ...
Boboridis, Kostas G, Bunce, Catey
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Hyperekplexia relieved by surgical decompression of the cervicomedullary region
Neurosurgery, 1983Abstract Hyperekplexia in an 8-year-old boy with myelodysplasia was greatly improved by surgical decompression of the cervicomedullary region. The possible implications for treatment and for understanding the cause of this syndrome are discussed.
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Confirmation of Surgical Decompression to Relieve Migraine Headaches
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2008Surgical decompression of various trigger sites has been shown by two authors to relieve migraine headaches. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of surgical decompression of multiple migraine trigger sites in a clinical practice setting, and to compare the results to those previously published.A retrospective, descriptive ...
Joseph T, Poggi +2 more
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Timing of Surgical Decompression for Cauda Equina Syndrome
World Neurosurgery, 2019Cauda equina syndrome (CES) is a potentially devastating spinal condition requiring prompt diagnosis and intervention. This study examines the relationship between timing of surgery and patient outcomes such as mortality and total complications, and longitudinal trends in timing of operative treatment over the years 2000-2014.This study considered ...
William B, Hogan +4 more
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Surgical Decompression of Branch Retinal Vein Occlusions
Archives of Ophthalmology, 1988Many patients with branch retinal vein occlusions can develop significant long-term diminution of vision due to such complications as macular edema, retinal neovascularization, and vitreous hemorrhage. One of us (S.C.) developed a new surgical procedure that involves sectioning or decompression of the common sheath connecting the artery and vein at the
M D, Osterloh, S, Charles
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Surgical decompression for notalgia paresthetica: A case report
Microsurgery, 2009AbstractNotalgia paresthetica is a rare nerve compression. From the Greek word noton, meaning “back,” and algia, meaning “pain,” “notalgia paresthetica” implies that symptoms of burning pain, itching, and/or numbness in the localized region between the spinous processes of T2 through T6 and the medial border of the scapula constitute a nerve ...
Eric H, Williams +3 more
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SURGICAL DECOMPRESSION OF THE BOWEL IN PERITONITIS.
California medicine, 2008In some circumstances peritoneal infection causes distention and crowding of the bowel to such an extent that the effect is that of intestinal obstruction and it is impossible to introduce a tube far enough by physiologic routes to bring about deflation.
A, May, G F, Norman
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SURGICAL DECOMPRESSION OF MALIGNANT EXOPHTHALMOS
Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1950MALIGNANT exophthalmos1is a clinical entity distinct from exophthalmos as generally seen accompanying thyrotoxicosis. These conditions may be closely related etiologically2; yet the diverse clinical pictures they present and the difference in their management make it necessary that the clinician be acquainted with the diagnostic criteria of the disease
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