Microvascular Decompression in a Patient With Positional Hemifacial Spasm: Case Report
In cases where vessels abut but do not compress the facial nerve, there can still be position-dependent HFS because of position-dependent compression of the facial nerve, which can be relieved by surgical decompression.
Authors
- Manuel Marques Ferreira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5968-6161)
- Ali Samii
- Christopher Adams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8847-2501)
- T Peckham
Institutions
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurosurgery Open
- Published
- 2025-08-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1227/neuprac.0000000000000163
- Primary Topic
- Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00