Fully Endoscopic Microvascular Decompression: Our Early Experience

Table 1

Patient summary.

	Diagnosis (𝑁)	Mean surgical duration (±SD)	Mean followup time	Vascular contact (𝑁)	BNI class I to III
MVD	TGN (20); HFS (2); GPN (1),	129 ± 36	62	Artery (11); Vein (12)	19/20 (95%)
EA-MVD	TGN (7); HFS (2)	137 ± 29	77	Artery (3); Vein (6)	7/7 (100%)
E-MVD	TGN (35); HFS (1); GN (2)	130 ± 32	107	Artery (26); Vein (12)	31/35 (89%)

Microvascular decompression (MVD); endoscope-assisted microsurgery (EA-MVD); fully endoscopic microvascular decompression (E-MVD); Trigeminal neuralgia (TGN); hemifacial spasm (HFS); glossopharyngeal neuralgia (GPN); geniculate neuralgia (GN).