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ArticleJournal of cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery2020

Microvascular decompression of the posterior cerebral artery for treatment of oculomotor nerve palsy.

I Jonathan Pomeraniec, Dale Ding, Alexander Ksendzovsky, Kenneth C Liu

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Article in Journal of cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

I Jonathan PomeraniecNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Dale DingDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine,, Louisville, KY, USA.
Alexander KsendzovskyDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Kenneth C LiuDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6217-1022
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · USNeurological Surgery · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · USUniversity of Southern California · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oculomotor nerve palsy resulting from non-aneurysmal vascular compression is extremely rare. Microvascular decompression (MVD) has been previously shown to improve oculomotor nerve palsy (ONP) secondary to arterial compression. A 71-year-old female, with a history of Cushing's disease previously treated with two transsphenoidal resections and Gamma Knife radiosurgery, presented with one year of progressive left eye diplopia and was diagnosed with a partial left oculomotor nerve palsy. We performed an orbitozygomatic craniotomy for MVD of the left posterior cerebral artery, which was found to be compressing the oculomotor nerve against the tentorium. Unfortunately, the patient's partial ONP remained unchanged at one year follow-up. The present case suggests inconsistent outcomes of MVD for ONP. Patients with prior sellar or parasellar irradiation may be less likely to benefit from this treatment approach.

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MicrosurgeryMicrovascular decompressionOculomotor nervePosterior cerebral arterySkull base

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PMID32665915
PMCPMC7329561
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