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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the study sample

From: An age-dependent outcome analysis of microvascular decompression and percutaneous thermocoagulation in trigeminal neuralgia

Characteristics

Total

MVD

PT

No of patients

118

79

39

Mean age

64.9 (31–90)

60.9 (31–84)

72.7 (49–90)

No of patients in age groups

  < 65 years

54

45

9

  > 65 years

64

34

30

Sex

 F

59

39

20

 M

59

40

19

Facial side

 Left

54

33

21

 Right

64

46

18

Trigeminal branch

 V1

4

3

1

 V2

36

21

15

 V3

22

14

8

 V1 + V2

7

7

0

 V1 + V3

1

1

0

 V2 + V3

45

31

14

 V1 + V2 + V3

3

2

1

No of treatments

 Total

155

87

68

 No of treatments per patient

1.3

1.1

1.7

Preoperative mean duration of symptoms ± SD:

 Total

82.6 (±84.4)

77.5 (±75.1)

92.5 (±100.6)

  < 65 years

59.5 (±47.2)

60.0 (±48.8)

56.9 (±41)

  > 65 years

101.6 (±102.3)

100.2 (±95.6)

103.2 (±110.8)

Mean follow-up (months) ± SD

12.1 (±18.8)

11.7 (±21.0)

12.7 (±13.7)

Indication for surgical treatment

 Conservative treatment failure

89

59

30

 Medical side effects

11

9

3

 Combination of both

18

12

6

Pain recurrence rate (%)

 Total

51 (43.2)

23 (29.1)

28 (71.8)

  < 65 years

19 (35.2)

11 (24.4)

8 (88.9)

  > 65 years

32 (50.0)

12 (35.3)

20 (66.7)

Mean time to re-surgery (months) ± SD

 Total

11.7 (±10.5)

12.9 (±9.0)

10.8 (±11.6)

  < 65 years

13.6 (±11.6)

14.3 (±12.1)

12.8 (±12.3)

  > 65 years

10.7 (±9.9)

11.9 (±6.5)

10 (±11.6)

Charlson comorbidity index ± SD

2.9 (±1.9)

2.4 (±1.8)

3.8 (±1.8)