The good news came from the second annual meeting of the China Collaborative Group on Microvascular Decompression for Cranial Nerve Disorders held in Luzhou, Sichuan, China, from February 4 to 6, 2015, and the Department of Functional Neurosurgery of Xiangya Hospital became a member of the China Collaborative Group on Microvascular Decompression for Cranial Nerve Disorders, marking Xiangya Hospital’s entry into the national first tier in microvascular decompression. This marks that Xiangya Hospital has entered the first echelon of the national level in the field of microvascular decompression surgery. From the beginning of this operation, Director Yang Zhiguan has been treating each operation with high standards and strict requirements. From the first few cases a year to more than 500 cases a year in 2015, the quality of the operation is that there is no perioperative death and very few other complications in the more than 1,500 cases performed from 2006 to this year. In terms of the number of surgeries, the volume of 500 cases per year has entered the top 5 units in the country with the largest number of such surgeries. It is the unit with the highest number and best quality in South China and Central China. Yang Zhiquan, Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University