Abstract:Microvascular Decompression (MVD) offers effective, long-term symptom relief for patients with pathologies related to neurovascular conflicts of cranial nerves in the posterior fossa. We aimed to determine the frequency of neurotologic complications following this surgery. This is a retrospective case review in a tertiary care referral center. A total of 215 consecutive MVD operations by a single surgeon between March 1996 and May 2016 were reviewed with 192 surgeries on 183 patients meeting inclusion criteria… Show more
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