Macrovascular Decompression with the Transposition Method Using Teflon Sling for Trigeminal Neuralgia Caused by the Vertebrobasilar Artery.

Objective: Complete separation of the vertebrobasilar artery (VBA) from the trigeminal nerve by microvascular decompression is technically challenging. This paper evaluates the transposition method using Teflon sling for trigeminal neuralgia (TN) caused by the VBA.

Methods: Retrospective review of 32 patients including 2 patients with tic convulsif.

Supratentorial acute subdural haematoma during microvascular decompression surgery: report of three cases.

Supratentoiral haemorrhage during posterior fossa surgery is very rare. Authors report three cases of acute subdural haematoma occurred during microvascular decompression (MVD). Bleeding was observed in the suboccipital surgical area during operation but the origin of the bleeding was not confirmed intraoperatively in all cases.

Cataract surgery using the bimanual phacoemulsification technique with an Accurus system and Mackool microphaco tip.

Purpose: To investigate the safety and effectiveness of the Accurus vitreoretinal and phacoemulsification system (Alcon, Inc.) for bimanual phacoemulsification surgery.

Setting: Kosei Chuo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.