Is microvascular decompression of facial muscle spasm an open procedure and is it scary?

  Facial muscle spasm is a common functional neurosurgical disorder. Facial muscle spasm can manifest as primary or secondary. Primary facial myospasm can generally occur at rest, and the spasm is relieved after a few minutes and is not controlled; facial myospasm produced by the sequelae of facial palsy is only produced when doing actions such as blinking and raising eyebrows. Primary facial myospasm is more common in clinical practice and is more likely to occur in middle-aged and elderly people.  What are the risks associated with facial myospasm?  As the condition progresses, the muscles of half of the face and the corners of the mouth will also twitch, and the frequency and degree of twitching will become more and more severe, and later patients may have difficulty opening their eyes and skewing the corners of their mouth, which will seriously affect their appearance, daily life, social life and work, and cause psychological disorders. In general, after trying drugs or Botox and other methods of treatment, patients find that the effect is very different from their own expectations, and then there will be a strong willingness to surgery, but the heart is very worried about facial muscle spasm surgery, then, facial muscle spasm microvascular decompression is open, is it scary?  Is microvascular decompression for facial myasthenia good?  Microvascular decompression surgery for facial myospasm is a minimally invasive procedure that does not require craniotomy, and patients do not need to have an excessive psychological burden. The principle of the procedure is: 3-5 cm incision is made in the hairline behind the patient’s side ear, and the blood vessel located at the root of the facial nerve that is abnormal and causing compression to the facial nerve is pushed away under the microscope, so that the blood vessel is not in contact with the facial nerve permanently, thus relieving the compression of the facial nerve root and restoring the normal function of the facial nerve, so that the symptoms of facial muscle twitching can be relieved. The procedure is performed under general anesthesia with high safety and significant results.