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Robert W. Rand, PhD, MD

Arch Neurol. 1982;39(8):510-511.

Abstract
• The neurovascular decompression operation for hemifacial spasm should be named for its originator, W. James Gardner. Gardner was the first to use the surgical microscope as an aid in performing surgery on patients with this facial nerve disorder.

Author Affiliations
From the Division of Neurological Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brain Research Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Feb 10, 1982.

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