Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2015, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (8): 1261-1266.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2015.08.021

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Teflon cotton sheet implantation for treatment of microvascular compression symptoms of VII, VIII cranial nerves  

Feng Zhao-hai, Shi Xin, Jiang Lei, Hao Yu-jun   

  1. Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830054, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
  • Revised:2015-01-14 Online:2015-02-19 Published:2015-02-19
  • Contact: Hao Yu-jun, Chief physician, Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830054, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
  • About author:Feng Zhao-hai, Master, Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830054, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
  • Supported by:

     the Natural Science Foundation of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, No. 2011211A064

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Teflon cotton sheets have good biological characteristics and histocompatibility, and the intracranial implantation of teflon cotton sheets cannot lead to severe rejection, which, at present, has been widely applied in the microvascular decompression.

OBJECTIVE:To explore the therapeutic efficacy of the intracranial implantation of teflon cotton sheets via VII, VIII cranial nerves in the microvascular decompression treatment of hemifacial spasm combined with vertigo and tinnitus.
METHODS: Ten patients with the VII, VIII cranial nerve compression syndromes were enrolled, including six cases of hemifacial spasm combined with tinnitus, two cases of hemifacial spasm combined with vertigo, two cases of hemifacial spasm combined with tinnitus and vertigo. All patients were subject to the intracranial implantation of teflon cotton sheets for decompression treatment, among whom, five cases underwent trap type placement, and the other five cases underwent flocculent type placement. During the follow-up, the biocompatibility of Teflon cotton sheets and improvement in facial twitching, tinnitus, vertigo, and complications were observed.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The implanted cotton sheets showed good biological characteristics and histocompatibility. After implantation of cotton sheets, facial twitching symptoms disappeared completely in 7 of 10 cases, symptoms relieved in 3 of 10 cases; after 1 week of implantation, facial twitching symptoms disappeared completely in all patients, tinnitus symptoms disappeared in 5 of 8 cases, tinnitus relieved level 2 in 2 of 8 cases, and there was no improvement in 1 of 8 cases; vertigo was eased in 2 of 4 cases, but the other 2 cases showed no improvement in symptoms of dizziness. During the follow-up of 6 to 48 months, symptoms of facial twitching were not recurrent in all patients; tinnitus symptoms disappeared in 6 cases, relieved in 1 case, but had no improvement in 1 case; vertigo symptoms disappeared in 3 cases, but showed no improvement in 1 case. Results demonstrate that the implantation of teflon cotton sheets is safe and effective in the treatment of microvascular compression symptoms of VII, VIII cranial nerves.

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Key words:  Polytetrafluoroethylene, Vertigo, Tinnitus, Spasm

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