We retrospectively analyzed the reasons for ineffective pain relief in patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia (TN) who had undergone pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) treatment guided by computed tomography scan. We found that intraoperative PRF output voltage and electrical field intensity was significantly higher (p < 0.05) in the group who had received effective treatment than in the ineffective group. These findings suggest that optimizing PRF parameters and increasing the intraoperative output voltage (electric field intensity) may therefore, provide better pain relief in patients with TN.
基金：
Foundation for The Excellent Medical Staff of Beijing [2011-3-03]
第一作者机构：[1]Capital Med Univ, Beijing Tiantan Hosp, Dept Anesthesiol & Pain Management, Beijing, Peoples R China;
通讯作者：
通讯机构：[2]Capital Med Univ, Beijing Tiantan Hosp, Dept Neurosurg, Beijing, Peoples R China;
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714)：
Luo F.,Meng L.,Wang T.,et al.Pulsed radiofrequency treatment for idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia: A retrospective analysis of the causes for ineffective pain relief[J].EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN.2013,17(8):1189-1192.doi:10.1002/j.1532-2149.2012.00278.x.
APA：
Luo, F.,Meng, L.,Wang, T.,Yu, X.,Shen, Y.&Ji, N..(2013).Pulsed radiofrequency treatment for idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia: A retrospective analysis of the causes for ineffective pain relief.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN,17,(8)
MLA：
Luo, F.,et al."Pulsed radiofrequency treatment for idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia: A retrospective analysis of the causes for ineffective pain relief".EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN 17..8(2013):1189-1192
