Open AccessMicrovascular decompression in patients aged 30 years or younger
Author(s) -
Prasanna Karki,
Masayuki Yamagami,
Koji Takasaki,
Manoj Bohara,
Hiroshi Hosoyama,
Tomoko Hanada,
Fumiyuki Yamasaki,
Ryosuke Hanaya,
Kazunori Arita
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2248-9614
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_266_17
Subject(s) - medicine , hemifacial spasm , microvascular decompression , superior cerebellar artery , anterior inferior cerebellar artery , trigeminal neuralgia , basilar artery , posterior inferior cerebellar artery , surgery , magnetic resonance imaging , magnetic resonance angiography , asymptomatic , etiology , decompression , vertebral artery , radiology , facial nerve , aneurysm
The aim of this study was to identify the etiology of hemifacial spasm (HFS) and trigeminal neuralgia (TN) in patients aged 30 years or younger and to examine the efficacy of microvascular decompression (MVD).