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Microvascular Decompression: Salient Surgical Principles and Technical Nuances
Published on: July 5, 2011
Matthew Piazza1, John Y K Lee2
1Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, 3rd Floor Silverstein, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Endoscopic microvascular decompression (MVD) offers enhanced visualization of neurovascular structures in the cerebellopontine angle (CPA). This technique improves identification of vessel-nerve contact for treating trigeminal neuralgia and similar conditions.
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