Microvascular decompression, also known as the Jannetta procedure, is a neurosurgical operation used to treat trigeminal neuralgia and other cranial nerve neuralgias, pain syndromes marked by severe episodes of intense facial pain, as well as hemifacial spasm. It has also been used experimentally to treat tinnitus and vertigo caused by vascular compression of the vestibulocochlear nerve. Because its goal is to relieve vascular pressure on the trigeminal nerve, the Jannetta procedure is a specific type of nerve decompression surgery.
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How long does relief from microvascular decompression last?
The NHS reports that pain returns in about 3 out of 10 cases within 10 to 20 years of surgery.
The NHS says microvascular decompression provides the longest lasting relief of the procedures it describes for trigeminal neuralgia, with some studies suggesting that pain returns in about 3 out of 10 cases within 10 to 20 years of surgery. The same NHS page describes the operation as an invasive procedure that carries a risk of potentially serious complications, such as facial numbness, hearing loss, stroke and even death in around 1 in every 1,000 cases.
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Microvascular decompression is a standard definitive surgical treatment for trigeminal neuralgia caused by vascular compression of the nerve.
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Microvascular decompression (MVD), also known as the Jannetta procedure, is a neurosurgical procedure used to treat trigeminal neuralgia (along with other cranial nerve neuralgias), a pain syndrome characterized by severe episodes of intense facial pain, and hemifacial spasm.
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