title: The use of Gore-tex vascular grafts in microvascular decompression for patients with hemifacial spasm--technical note.
abstract: Microvascular decompression was performed in 10 hemifacial spasm patients using Gore-tex vascular grafts as a prosthesis. Postoperative complication (transient deafness) occurred only in one patient, and recurrence in none during follow-up of 1-51 months, indicating that Gore-tex is a very effective prosthesis.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgical Department, Municipal Higashimatsuyama Hospital, Saitama.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kasahara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009128:Muscle Spasticity; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene