Microvascular Decompression Surgery

Shi-Ting Li, MD, PhD and Jun Zhong, MD, PhD, are from the department of neurosurgery, XinHua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China. Raymond F. Sekula, Jr., MD, MBA, FACS, is from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

The history of MVD surgery.- Microsurgical Anatomy for Microvascular Decompression Surgery.- Pathogenesis and Treatment of Hemifacial Spasm.- A Novel Hypothesis on the Mechanism of Hemifacial Spasm.- Pathogenesis of Trigeminal Neuralgia .- Surgical Technique of Microvascular Decompression Surgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia.- Surgical Technique of Microvascular Decompression Surgery for Hemifacial Spasm.- Microvascular Decompression Surgery for Disabling Posi-tional Vertigo and Tinnitus.- Microvascular Decompression Surgery for Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia.- MVD for neurogenic hypertension: a review.- Treatment of Vago-glossopharyngeal neuralgia with MVD and other neurosurgical procedures.- Introperative Monitoring.- Outcome Evaluation and Postoperative Management.- Re-operation for Hemifacial spasm.- Perioperative adverse events of microvascular decompression: Review and a personal experience of 2263 cases.