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Published on: February 22, 2020
Free-running EMG monitoring during microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm
Masafumi Fukuda1, Tetsuro Takao, Tetsuya Hiraishi
1Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Research Institute, University of Niigata, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata-City, 951-8585, Japan, mfuku529@bri.niigata-u.ac.jp.
Background:
The aim of this work is to determine if free-running electromyography (frEMG) can detect activity before and after microvascular decompression (MVD) treatment for hemifacial spasm (HFS), and to evaluate correlations of frEMG findings with abnormal muscle responses (AMRs) or facial motor-evoked potentials (FMEPs).
Methods:
To elicit nerve responses while carrying out frEMG recording before and after MVD, saline, a lactic solution, or artificial cerebrospinal fluid was injected onto the root exit zone of the facial nerve.
Results:
Significantly higher frEMG activity was observed following saline injection than for the other solutions (p < 0.01). For frEMG activity ratios of ≥ 50 %, there was a trend towards a greater likelihood of persistent AMRs. When frEMG activity decreased after MVD in the mentalis muscles, FMEP amplitude ratios were significantly smaller than when it did not (65 vs. 94 %, p < 0.05).
Conclusions:
Changes in intraoperative frEMG, AMRs, and FMEPs likely reflect a component of the normalization of hyper-excitability of the facial nerve by MVD for HFS.
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