The newer microsurgical techniques in neurosurgery.

The application of microsurgical techniques to neurological surgery has changed the treatment of several important neurological and neurosurgical diseases. Microsurgical decompression of the 5th and 7th nerves for trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm has become established as an accepted and effective technique. Application of the newer microvascular techniques in neurological surgery has increased the number of patients for whom surgical correction is possible and has, additionally, revolutionized the treatment of giant intracerebral aneurysms.