The Department of Neurological Surgery has a strong clinical
expertise and research interest in Cranial
Nerve Disorders such as Facial Pain (e.g. Trigeminal
Neuralgia), Hemifacial Spasm,
Glossopharyngeal
Neuralgia, Torticollis,
Vertigo and Tinnitus.
The overall management of some of these syndromes involves the
participation of several specialists: Neurosurgery,
Neurology, Neuroradiology,
Psychologists, Otology
and Physical Therapy. Microvascular decompression of the involved
cranial nerve
is often offered to those in whom medical therapy has failed,
and in whom vascular compression is thought to be the etiology
of the specific syndrome.
