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What is Microvascular Decompression (MVD)?

Microvascular decompression (MVD) is a surgical procedure that relieves abnormal compression of a cranial nerve. It is performed to treat trigeminal neuralgia, vagoglossopharyngeal neuralgia, and hemifacial spasm. These conditions are often caused by an artery or vein compressing the nerve root.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Trigeminal neuralgia (trigeminal nerve pain) 2 1 Efficacy_none
Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) 1 0
Trigeminal Neuralgia 1 1 Efficacy_none

See 1 patient currently having Microvascular Decompression (MVD)

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 0
None
 1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Microvascular Decompression (MVD)

Hospitalization 2
Hyponatremia post surgery 1

Reported Schedules

  1 other one time
  1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Having Microvascular Decompression (MVD) (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 67%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped having Microvascular Decompression (MVD)

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Stopped Having Microvascular Decompression (MVD)

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Microvascular Decompression (MVD)

Always
 1 50%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 50%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Microvascular Decompression (MVD)

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 50%
A little
 1 50%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Microvascular Decompression (MVD)

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 1 100%

Report created on February 10, 2012.