Table 4 Demographic characteristics of 138 consecutive patients presenting with medically-intractable facial pain
From: Current algorithm for the surgical treatment of facial pain
Age (years) | 20–94 (mean – 58) |
|---|---|
Gender | 95 women, 43 men |
Side of pain | 69 right, 63 left, 6 bilateral |
Diagnosis | Â |
Trigeminal neuralgia type 1 | 47 |
Trigeminal neuralgia type 2 (Atypical TN) | 24 |
Post-traumatic trigeminal neuropathic pain | 11 |
Post-surgical deafferentation trigeminal pain | 11 |
Post-stroke trigeminal pain | 4 |
Symptomatic TN (multiple sclerosis) | 8 |
Symptomatic TN (cerebellopontine lesions) | 6 |
Other cranial nerve involvement | 10 |
Cancer-related facial pain | 2 |
Atypical facial pain | 14 |
Initial procedure (after failure of medical management) | Â |
MVD | 32 |
RF gangliolysis | 28 |
Balloon compression | 5 |
SRS | 7 |
PNS | 11 |
Neurectomy | 4 |
MCS | 3 |
Interventions on other nerves | 9 |
No surgery | 39 |