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  2. Microvascular decompression - Wikipedia

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    Microvascular decompression (MVD), also known as the Jannetta procedure, [1] 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.

  3. Facial nerve - Wikipedia

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    The facial nerve, also known as the seventh cranial nerve, cranial nerve VII, or simply CN VII, is a cranial nerve that emerges from the pons of the brainstem, controls the muscles of facial expression, and functions in the conveyance of taste sensations from the anterior two-thirds of the tongue.

  4. Table of cranial nerves - Wikipedia

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    This nerve is involved (together with nerve IX) in the pharyngeal reflex or gag reflex. XI Accessory. Sometimes: cranial accessory, spinal accessory. Mainly motor Cranial and Spinal Roots Located in the jugular foramen. Controls the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles, and overlaps with functions of the vagus nerve (CN X). Symptoms of ...

  5. Facial nerve decompression - Wikipedia

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    The middle cranial foassa technique is most commonly used for the decompression of the facial nerve in Bell's palsy and longitudinal temporal bone fracture. This approach may be useful in the management of patient with schwannomas of cranial nerve 7 and 8, as well as with patient with melkersson-rosenthal syndrome.

  6. Hemifacial spasm - Wikipedia

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    Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a rare neuromuscular disease characterized by irregular, involuntary muscle contractions on one side (hemi-) of the face (-facial). [1] The facial muscles are controlled by the facial nerve (seventh cranial nerve), which originates at the brainstem and exits the skull below the ear where it separates into five main branches.

  7. Recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy - Wikipedia

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    Corticosteroids are the most frequently reported drugs for treating acute symptoms of RPON. [5] [8] The rationale behind their use in RPON treatment is to reduce ocular cranial nerve inflammation, which is indicated by the presence of nerve enhancement and is also theorized to be a pathophysiological mechanism of RPON, in affected individuals ...

  8. Cranial nerve disease - Wikipedia

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    The facial nerve is the seventh of 12 cranial nerves. This cranial nerve controls the muscles in the face. Facial nerve palsy is more abundant in older adults than in children and is said to affect 15-40 out of 100,000 people per year. This disease comes in many forms which include congenital, infectious, traumatic, neoplastic, or idiopathic.

  9. List of neuromuscular disorders - Wikipedia

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    trigeminal nerve trigeminal neuralgia; trigeminal sensory neuropathy; numb chin syndrome; numb cheek syndrome; herpes simplex virus infection; facial nerve bell's palsy; bilateral facial palsy; congenital (trauma, Mobius syndrome, cardiofacial syndrome) glossopharyngeal nerve glossopharyngeal neuralgia; glomus jugulare tumor; vagus nerve injury

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