Fully endoscopic microvascular decompression of the hemifacial spasm: our experience.

Purpose: Microvascular decompression (MVD) surgery has been accepted as a potentially curative method for hemifacial spasm (HFS). The primary cause of failure of MVD is incomplete decompression of the offending vessel due to inadequate visualization. This study is aimed at evaluating the benefit of endoscopic visualization and the value of fully endoscopic MVD.

Posterior Fossa Re-Exploration for Recurrent Trigeminal Neuralgia: Operative Findings and Surgical Techniques.

Objective: Microvascular decompression (MVD) is considered the first choice for the surgical treatment of trigeminal neuralgia (TN). However, recurrence after MVD is still a problem and a challenge for neurosurgeons. In this study, we share our experience in the posterior fossa re-exploration of the recurrent cases.

Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia: Zone Exploration and Decompression Techniques.

Objective: The aim of this study is to introduce zone exploration of the trigeminal nerve and decompression techniques for different types of vasculars.

Methods: The trigeminal nerve was sectioned into 5 zones. Zone 1, 2, 3, 4 was located at the rostral, caudal, ventral, and dorsal part of the nerve root entry zone (REZ) respectively, and zone 5 was located at the distal of the nerve root.

Management of vessels passing through the facial nerve in the treatment of hemifacial spasm.

Background: In hemifacial spasm, it is extremely rare to find a vessel passing through the facial nerve. In this study, we present our experience of the surgical treatment of four such patients.

Methods: From January 2010 to Match 2015, we treated 2,576 hemifacial spasm patients with microvascular decompression in our department.

Clear cell meningioma: clinical features, CT, and MR imaging findings in 23 patients.

Background: Clear cell meningioma (CCM) is a rare meningioma, with radiologic features not well characterized in literature. The purpose of this study was to describe and characterize the clinical features and imaging findings of CCM.

Materials And Methods: The computed tomography (n = 16) and magnetic resonance (n = 23) images of 23 patients (12 men and 11 women; mean age, 34.

Study on surgical approaches and electrode implantation of oculomotor nerve and inferior obliquus in beagle dogs.

Objectives: To study the surgical anatomy and approaches of intracranial oculomotor nerve (OMN) and inferior obliquus (IO), and the methods of their electrode implantation in dogs.

Methods: The research was performed on 30 adult beagle dogs at Shanghai Jiaotong University Medical College, Shanghai, China from November 2007 to August 2008. All animals were subjected to a right transfrontotemperal approach to intracranial OMN, a transconjunctival route to IO, and the neuro-stimulating and recording electrode implantation under general anaesthesia.