Objective To determine whether monitoring facial nerve motor-evoked potentials (FNMEPs) elicited by transcranial electrical stimulation during microvascular decompression (MVD) for hemifacial spasm ...

They had come to me because they knew the only option now to fix this was a surgical procedure. Hema had a condition called hemifacial spasm, where an abnormal artery was pulsating upon the seventh ...

Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a craniofacial movement disorder characterized by involuntary contractions of the muscles on one side of the face 1. The most common site for the contractures is the ...

Background The movement disorder known as hemifacial spasm is characterized by involuntary contractions of the muscles that are innervated by the facial nerve. The treatment of choice for this ...

A 40-year-old man, who had been suffering with hemifacial spasms, a rare neurological condition that causes involuntary facial twitching (spasms) on one side, was successfully operated upon and ...

Hemifacial spasm is a chronic neurological condition characterized by involuntary facial muscle contractions caused by nerve compression. While familiar to specialists, it is less known to the public ...

Though eyelid twitching (technically called myokymia) can feel disconcerting, the good news is that it's typically fleeting and harmless. Nevertheless, when you're in the throes of the mini muscle ...

Hemifacial spasms (HFS) is a chronic condition that affects people in various age groups. THE WEEK spoke to one such patient, Varsha Atre, who suffered from HFS in her 30s but found that there was a ...

Stress may also be a contributing factor, since it ramps up production of epinephrine, a molecule connected with the fight-or-flight response that can cause muscle contractions or spasms. There’s also ...

Hemifacial spasm (HFS) that patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) can experience upon standing — even after undergoing a lumbar puncture — may be due to the degree of change in ...

Currently, it has been reported that progression rate of hemifacial spasm is related to the postoperative outcome of patients. Lee et al. (5) reported rapid progression led to worse clinical outcomes, ...