Ten cases report of vascular compressive syndrome caused by the facial, acoustic nerves / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE@#To search the features and the treatment of vascular compressive syndrome caused by the facial, acoustic nerves.@*METHOD@#Ten cases of vascular compressive syndrome caused by the facial, acoustic nerves were included in the group,which were treated by microvascular decompression(MVD). Besides, the microanatomic relationship between the nerve and their adjacent vessel at the root exit zone (REZ) were observed under microscope or nasoendoscopy in MVD.@*RESULT@#Tinnitus, vertigo and facial spasm disappeared after MVD in 7 cases (70%), improved in 2 cases (20%), and relapse in 1 case (10%). All cases were found out vessels compressing at the root zone of the facial nerve and the auditory nerve.@*CONCLUSION@#The Clinical features of vascular compressive syndrome caused by the facial, acoustic nerves are facial spasm, tinnitus, and vertigo, for which microvascular decompression has a positive therapeutic effect as long as the diagnosis is correct.