We evaluated the immediate and long-term clinical efficacy of computed tomography (CT)-guided radiofrequency thermocoagulation for primary trigeminal neuralgia (RTPTN) in 852 patients including 502 patients aged >= 60 years and 350 patients aged < 60 years. After discharge, the incidence of complications was 1.0% and 0.9% in patients aged 60 years and patients aged < 60 years, respectively. Over 3-year follow-up after CT-guided RTPTN, 96.8% of the patients aged >= 60 years and 98.6% of the patients aged < 60 years were completely pain-free, and there was no significant difference between these two age brackets. In addition, there were no significant differences in quality of life scores and numbness scores between these two age brackets. These findings suggest that CT-guided RTPTN is a safe and effective method and is recommended for older and poor-risk patients.
基金：
the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 81041023*, 30972851*
第一作者机构：[1]Department of Pain Management, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China
通讯作者：
通讯机构：[1]Department of Pain Management, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714)：
Guanghui Lai,Jiaxiang Ni,Baishan Wu,et al.Computed tomography-guided percutaneous radiofrequency thermocoagulation for primary trigeminal neuralgia in older and younger patients[J].NEURAL REGENERATION RESEARCH.2011,6(24):1888-1893.doi:10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2011.24.009.
APA：
Guanghui Lai,Jiaxiang Ni,Baishan Wu,Mingwei He,Liqiang Yang...&Yuna Guo.(2011).Computed tomography-guided percutaneous radiofrequency thermocoagulation for primary trigeminal neuralgia in older and younger patients.NEURAL REGENERATION RESEARCH,6,(24)
MLA：
Guanghui Lai,et al."Computed tomography-guided percutaneous radiofrequency thermocoagulation for primary trigeminal neuralgia in older and younger patients".NEURAL REGENERATION RESEARCH 6..24(2011):1888-1893
