Pain Research and Management / 2024 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
Efficacy and Safety of Computed Tomography-Guided Percutaneous Balloon Compression under Local Anesthesia for Recurrent Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Prospective Study Table 2 Patient demographics and clinical data.
Characteristics Baseline (mean ± SD) Gender (n ) Male 20 Female 28 Age year Mean ± SD 61.81 ± 13.38 Range 35–89 Pain duration, month Range 0.5–420 Pain side (n ) Right 19 Left 17 Both 2 Branches affected (n ) V1 3 V2 4 V3 15 V1 + v2 11 V1 + V3 1 V2 + V3 13 V1 + V2 + V3 1 Preoperative VAS Group A: 6.48 ± 0.92 Group B: 6.59 ± 0.79 Type of prior procedure (n ) MVD 3 PRF 5 GKRS 1 Destructive procedures 18
VAS, visual analogue scale; MVD, microvascular decompression; PRF, pulsed radiofrequency; GKRS, gamma knife radiosurgery.