Glossopharyngeal and vagoglossopharyngeal neuralgia: Long-term surgical outcomes in a single institution.

Background: Glossopharyngeal neuralgia (GPN) and vagoglossopharyngeal neuralgia (VGPN) are infrequent syndromes that can have great negative impact on a patient's quality of life. The objective of this study is to describe the characteristics and long-term results of patients with GPN-VGPN who are treated surgically with microvascular decompression (MVD) in one institution.

Methods: This is a retrospective series of 20 patients with the diagnosis of GPN-VGPN who underwent MVD.

Labyrinthectomy and Vestibular Neurectomy for Intractable Vertiginous Symptoms.

 Labyrinthectomy and vestibular neurectomy are considered the surgical procedures with the highest possibility of controlling medically untreatable incapacitating vertigo. Ironically, after 100 years of the introduction of both transmastoid labyrinthectomy and vestibular neurectomy, the choice of which procedure to use rests primarily on the evaluation of the hearing and of the surgical morbidity.  To review surgical labyrinthectomy and vestibular neurectomy for the treatment of incapacitating vestibular disorders.

[Painful tic convulsif: Case series and literature review].

Background: The coexistence of hemifacial spasm and trigeminal neuralgia, a clinical entity known as painful tic convulsive, was first described in 1910. It is an uncommon condition that is worthy of interest in neurosurgical practice, because of its common pathophysiology mechanism: Neuro-vascular compression in most of the cases.

Objective: To present 2 cases of painful tic convulsive that received treatment at our institution, and to give a brief review of the existing literature related to this.

Cerebellopontine angle epidermoid cysts. Experience of 43 cases with long-term follow-up.

Background: Epidermoid tumors represent the third most common lesion of the cerebellopontine angle (CPA). Their evolution and clinical features are distinctively characteristic. We present a comprehensive review of the clinical, imaging and surgical aspects of epidermoid cysts of the CPA.

[Microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm. Ten years of experience].

Introduction: Hemifacial spasm characterized by involuntary paroxistic contractions of the face is more frequent on left side and in females. Evolution is progressive and in a few cases may disappear. Management includes medical treatment, botulinum toxin, and microvascular decompression of the nerve.

New approaches to the management of peripheral vertigo: efficacy and safety of two calcium antagonists in a 12-week, multinational, double-blind study.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety profile of one 30-mg nimodipine oral tablet taken three times per day (one tablet with breakfast, one with lunch, and one with dinner) or one 150-mg cinnarizine verum oral capsule taken once each day with dinner for 12 weeks.

Study Design: Comparative in a double-blind, multinational pilot study.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.