Microvascular Decompression to Treat Hemifacial Spasm: Long-term Results for a Consecutive Series of 143 Patients
- 1 April 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurosurgery
- Vol. 50 (4) , 712-719
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006123-200204000-00005
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:. The concept of neurovascular decompression for the treatment of hemifacial spasm is now widely accepted. In this study, we report our long-tKeywords
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