Microvascular decompression for treating hemifacial spasm: Lessons learned from a prospective study of 1,174 operations

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 325-334

  Hyun, Seung Jae ^a   Kong, Doo Sik ^a   Park, Kwan ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hemifacial spasm; Lessons; Microvascular decompression; Neurophysiological monitoring; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DECOMPRESSION; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACIAL NERVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956461359     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-010-0254-9     Document Type: Article

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