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Simultaneous microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm involving a dolichoectatic vertebral artery in an elderly patient: illustrative case

BACKGROUND: Hyperactive cranial neuropathies refractory to medical management can often be debilitating to patients. While microvascular decompression (MVD) surgery can provide relief to such patients when an aberrant vessel is compressing the root entry zone (REZ) of the nerve, the arteries of elde...

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Autores principales: Marianayagam, Neelan J., Qureshi, Hanya M., Vasandani, Sagar, Vetsa, Shaurey, Jalal, Muhammad, Wu, Kun, Moliterno, Jennifer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9301342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36046706
http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/CASE22176