Serious complications from an<unk>  include death (0.1%), stroke (1%), hearing loss (3%) and facial weakness (0.5%). Dr. Jannetta has called facial paralysis (as opposed to weakness) a "major and common complication of the<unk> ." (2 separate depositions under oath: Levy v Jannetta, CCP Allegheny County, GD 81-7689. Other complications include leakage of spinal fluid and wound infection (1%). Most patients will have transient neck pain and stiffness from the surgical incision and from seeding of the spinal fluid with small amounts of blood.
Microvascular decompression
Epidural steroid injection
Decompressive craniectomy
Craniotomy
Spinal decompression
Cerebrospinal fluid diversion
Ventriculotomy 
Lumbar–peritoneal shunt