# How long does the mvd surgery take **URL:** \ **Category:** General TN & GPN (Old Site)\ **Created:** [May 26, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/how-long-does-the-mvd-surgery-take/4915 "2013-05-26T00:48:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sluggo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/sluggo/32/878_2.png) [@sluggo](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/sluggo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/how-long-does-the-mvd-surgery-take/4915/1 "2013-05-26T00:48:36Z")
I am not finding information on this, I have finally got to the point where a doctor is going to really do something to help me escape this nitemare of a life i have. I figure chancing the mvd is got to be better then this ---
**Author:** ![MimiK](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/mimik/32/1105_2.png) [@MimiK](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/MimiK)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/how-long-does-the-mvd-surgery-take/4915/2 "2013-05-26T01:09:16Z")
Hi Sluggo, I am sorry that you are having so much pain. My pain before the MVD was bad but not as bad as I feared it was going to get. For me, fear of the shocks and pain was much worse than the fear of surgery. The surgery was only a few hours most of which I believe was spent getting me ready and putting me back together. I have had many surgeries but was surprised at how tired I was for so long after the surgery but to me, waking up with no more pain warranted any amount of recovery time. I had an excellent surgeon who performs an average of 2 MVD's each week. Find the best surgeon available and you will have the best chance for a long lasting cure. Good luck to you. ---
**Author:** ![Kc\_Dancer\_Kc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ebca7d/32.png) [@Kc\_Dancer\_Kc](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/Kc_Dancer_Kc)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/how-long-does-the-mvd-surgery-take/4915/3 "2013-05-26T08:12:59Z")
Mine was 2 hrs. For 2 compressions. …I think that might be an average time… good question for list for surgon. ---
**Author:** ![Gen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Gen](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/Gen)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/how-long-does-the-mvd-surgery-take/4915/4 "2013-05-26T09:39:03Z")
My surgery was about two hours also, for 2 compressions also. I think if your pain gets so bad, the scary option of MVD surgery far outweighs the pain of continuing life without the surgery. I thought my pain couldn’t get any worse in December, then January came and I thought life was not worth living. The surgery was my only option and luckily I found a surgeon who could fit me in 5 days later, and he averages one MVD a week. He is also the medical advisor for the trigeminal neuralgia association of Australia. So I was confident he was my guy! Yes, sluggo, chancing the MVD sometimes becomes your only option. I hope for you your outcome is as wonderful as mine has been. Thinking of you! ---
**Author:** ![RickRI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@RickRI](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/RickRI)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/how-long-does-the-mvd-surgery-take/4915/5 "2013-05-26T14:28:19Z")
About 3 hours, but heck as far as you're aware of "time" during surgery it could be 3 days. When successful, and the odds are it will be. MVD FIXES the problem. Medicines control and mask the symptoms. It'll be a year for me in July since my successful MVD. Find an experienced Neurosurgeon and facility and proceed with confidence. Good luck