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Hemifacial spasm

Results of electrophysiologic recording during microvascular decompression operations

Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.

Electroplhysiologic recordings were made from patients with hemifacial spasm (HFS) during microvascular decompression (MVD) operations to see if spasm and synkinesis are caused by ephaptic transmission at the site of lesion (root entry zone [REZ] of the facial nerve). The response from the orbicularis oculi muscle to electrical stimulation of the marginal mandibular nerve had a 2.2-msec longer latency (average of 16 patients) than the sum of the conduction times of the parts of the facial nerve that would be involved if the response was the result of ephaptic transmission at the REZ of the seventh cranial nerve. Similar results were obtained when the zygomatic branch of the facial nerve was stimulated. These results indicate that the facial motonucleus is involved in HFS.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. A. Møller, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.

Accepted for publication October 22, 1984.

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