Microvascular Decompression Surgery
"Microvascular Decompression Surgery" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Surgery performed to relieve pressure from MICROVESSELS that are located around nerves and are causing NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES.
| Descriptor ID |
D061145
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.188.600 E04.525.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Microvascular Decompression Surgery- Microvascular Decompression Surgery
- Decompression Surgeries, Microvascular
- Decompression Surgery, Microvascular
- Microvascular Decompression Surgeries
- Surgeries, Microvascular Decompression
- Surgery, Microvascular Decompression
Microvascular Decompression- Microvascular Decompression
- Decompression, Microvascular
- Decompressions, Microvascular
- Microvascular Decompressions
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Microvascular Decompression Surgery" by people in Profiles.
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Microvascular Decompression for Hemifacial Spasm. Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2018; 58(1):111-121.
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Prospective comparison of long-term pain relief rates after first-time microvascular decompression and stereotactic radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia. J Neurosurg. 2018 01; 128(1):68-77.
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Anterior Transposition of Anomalous Tortuous Vertebral Artery Causing Cervical Radiculopathy: A Report of 2 Cases and Review of Literature. World Neurosurg. 2017 May; 101:289-295.
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Isolated, Transient, Pneumocephalus-Induced Oculomotor Neuropathy After Microvascular Decompression of the Trigeminal Nerve. World Neurosurg. 2016 Apr; 88:690.e17-690.e22.
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Microvascular decompression of a C-2 segmental-type vertebral artery producing trigeminal hypesthesia. J Neurosurg. 2014 Oct; 121(4):919-23.
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Trigeminal and glossopharyngeal neuralgia. Neurol Clin. 2014 May; 32(2):539-52.
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Glycerol rhizotomy via a retrosigmoid approach as an alternative treatment for trigeminal neuralgia. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2013 Dec; 115(12):2454-6.
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Trends in surgical treatment for trigeminal neuralgia in the United States of America from 1988 to 2008. J Clin Neurosci. 2013 Nov; 20(11):1538-45.
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Radiosurgical management of trigeminal neuralgia. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2013 Oct; 24(4):613-21.
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Surgical treatment for combined hemifacial spasm and atypical trigeminal neuralgia caused by a tortuous basilar artery. Case report and review of the literature. J Neurosurg Sci. 2012 Jun; 56(2):151-4.