Is facial spasm surgery dangerous?

  Facial muscle spasm cannot be cured by itself, once diagnosed, seek medical attention.  Facial muscle spasm is a disease that cannot heal itself, many patients have been holding the possibility of self-healing at the beginning of the disease, which is incorrect, not only let patients suffer from the disease for a long time, but also delayed the time of treatment. Facial muscle spasm is mainly manifested as episodic, rhythmic involuntary twitching of one side of the facial muscles. It occurs mostly in middle-aged and elderly people, and is slightly more common in women. It starts with intermittent slight throbbing of the eyelids and gradually spreads to other muscles on one side of the face, with the corners of the mouth being the most susceptible, manifesting as closed eyes, skewed corners of the mouth, and in severe cases, difficulty in opening the eyes.  After the stage of traditional treatment, the effect of facial muscle spasm was found to be lacking. Then some medical experts and scholars at home and abroad conducted deep research and exploration, and finally achieved great gains in recent years. It has been proved that when frontal myospasm can be treated by surgery, the surgery can effectively get rid of the spasm without damaging the nerve function, and the long-term efficacy is remarkable, which is undoubtedly a more ideal treatment plan for the patients.  Microvascular decompression, a powerful weapon in the treatment of facial muscle spasm Most patients, when choosing to undergo surgical treatment, will ask “is there any danger in facial muscle spasm surgery”? In general, surgery requires an incision, and there are more or less risks involved. However, microvascular decompression surgery for facial spasm is a minimally invasive surgery with a high safety level. The surgical site is located in the hairline behind the ear, with an incision of about 3 cm, and under a microscope, the blood vessels compressing the facial nerve are found, and a special spacer is used to isolate the nerve from the blood vessels, thus relieving the facial twitching caused by the compression point.