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Fig. 2.1 Three neurovascular complexes. (a) The upper complex includes the SCA, midbrain, superior cerebellar peduncle, cerebellomesencephalic fissure, tentorial cerebellar surface, and CNs III–V. The middle complex includes the AICA,…

and Ting-Ting Ying1 (1) Department of Neurosurgery, XinHua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. The Cranial Nerve Disease Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China   Abstract This…

Fig. 10.1 MRI in a patient harboring left vagoglossopharyngeal neuralgia together with apparent essential arterial hypertension. (a) Coronal view of T2 high-resolution sequence showing compression of the ventrolateral aspect of…

Fig. 9.1 A panoramic representation of anatomical relationships seen through a left retrosigmoid approach. The medulla is associated with vertebral and posterior-inferior cerebellar arteries, while the anterior-inferior cerebellar artery courses…

and Hui Sun1 (1) Department of Neurosurgery, XinHua Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China   Abstract As an etiological treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, the microvascular decompression (MVD) surgery…

and Ning-Ning Dou1 (1) Department of Neurosurgery, XinHua Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200092, China   Abstract Regardless neurovascular conflict has been believed to be the cause of…

Fig. 7.1 MRI shows the vertebral artery shifts to the left side and compresses the facial nerve (The label “47th Vent.” should be “4th Vent.” in the schematic picture) 7.3.3…

Authors and Year No. of patients Mean age (years) Deaths (%) Mean follow- up (years) Total relief (%) Partial relief (%) No relief (%) Complications (%) Laha and Jannetta (1977)…

(1) School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas, Dallas, TX, USA   Abstract Hemifacial spasm can be cured by microvascular decompression (MVD) operations of the root exit…