Sun, a 59-year-old female, has had recurrent paroxysmal involuntary convulsions on the left side of her face for 20 years, with irregular seizure time and varying degrees, mainly on the left eyelid and upper left lip. Because it does not affect daily life, patients have never paid attention to it. Recently, frequent attacks have seriously affected daily life. He came to our hospital for surgical treatment and was diagnosed as hemifacial spasm.
Which hospital in Xi 'an has a good effect in treating hemifacial spasm?
Tang Dou Hospital of the Fourth Military Medical University develops original technology, new technology and leading technology, especially neurosurgery, which is the characteristic department of the hospital. It has formed obvious medical characteristics in the treatment of Parkinson's disease with brain pacemaker, substance dependence with stereotactic surgery and hemifacial spasm and trigeminal neuralgia with microvascular decompression.
Functional neurosurgery in Tang Dou Hospital has become a national key discipline, a national "2 1 1 project" key construction discipline, a functional neurosurgery research institute of the whole army and a minimally invasive neurosurgery center of the whole army. At present, the neurosurgery department of Tang Dou Hospital has become one of the largest, most comprehensive and modern research and treatment centers for neurological diseases in China.
Functional Neurosurgery in Tang Dou Hospital of the Fourth Military Medical University adopts the safest and most effective microvascular decompression to treat hemifacial spasm, which is a treatment method aiming at the cause. According to research, 80%-90% of patients with hemifacial spasm are caused by blood vessels compressing nerves. Microvascular decompression is to observe and carefully find out the responsible blood vessels that compress the nerve during operation, and then put decompression materials between the blood vessels and the nerve to achieve the purpose of eliminating convulsions after operation.
Effect of microvascular decompression on hemifacial spasm?
After receiving microvascular decompression in our hospital, the patient's grandson was hospitalized for seven days. At the time of discharge, the patient was in good general condition, conscious, in good mental state, with moderate diet and sleep, normal urination and defecation, normal body temperature, good general activity and no special discomfort. Physical examination showed that the left facial twitch disappeared completely. The head wound healed well, and all the stitches were removed. Wang Xuelian, the chief physician, made rounds to know the patient's condition in detail, and guided the patient to have a good operation effect and a good postoperative recovery. At present, the wound is completely removed, and the patient has no special discomfort and can be discharged.
Knowledge link: What drugs can relieve hemifacial spasm?
Traditional drug treatment mostly uses antiepileptic drugs such as phenytoin sodium, carbamazepine and diazepam. Other drugs such as carbaryl tincture and non-urethane are reported to have special effects on some hemifacial spasm, but their side effects are not clear, so it is difficult to popularize and apply them.