Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia
Trigeminal neuralgia makes patients twitch with pain, which is unbearable. Trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm used to be intractable diseases of the nervous system, but recently there has been a new breakthrough in treatment: microvascular decompression can radically cure trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm.
Trigeminal neuralgia is a common facial pain syndrome. During the attack, one side of the face suddenly appeared electric shock-like, acupuncture-like, knife-like pain, mainly around the mouth and face. It may be caused by activities such as brushing your teeth, talking, washing your face and eating. The pain varies from a few seconds to a few minutes at a time. Severe pain, like acupuncture, is unbearable and seriously affects the work and life of patients.
Hemifacial spasm, also known as hemifacial spasm, is mainly an involuntary twitch of one side of the face. First, the muscles around the eyes twitch, and the patient blinks involuntarily, and then gradually develops to the ipsilateral cheek. This kind of convulsion is not accompanied by pain, but it can be aggravated by fatigue and tension, and it can be spastic in severe cases.
Why does trigeminal neuralgia recur when taking medicine?
Trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm mostly occur in middle-aged and elderly people. Although the clinical manifestations are different, the etiology is the same. Modern research believes that it is mainly caused by the compression of blood vessels, which is caused by the variation of facial nerve or trigeminal nerve in brain stem area and the compression of hardened small vessels. This is also the reason why many patients with trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm have poor curative effect and are prone to relapse after taking medicine and symptomatic treatment.
Microvascular decompression is the only method to treat trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm. The operation only needs to make a small incision in the occipital part behind the patient's ear to expose the nerve compressed by the blood vessel, and put a special pad between the nerve and the blood vessel to separate the nerve from the blood vessel. Usually, the patient's symptoms disappear immediately after the operation.
Tens of thousands of patients worldwide receive microvascular decompression every year. Because this method has the advantages of thorough treatment, no nerve transection and less trauma, it greatly improves the quality of life of patients and makes them more willing to receive treatment. Therefore, it is internationally recognized as the safest and most effective method to treat trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm.