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

Table 2 Complications

	Total	MVD	PT
No of patients with complications	55 (46.6%)	22 (27.8%)	33 (84.6%))
< 65 years	16 (29.6%)	9 (20.0%)	7 (77.8%)
> 65 years	39 (60.9%)	13 (38.2%)	26 (86.7%)
Facial hypesthesia
< 65 years		7	7
> 65 years		7	24
CSF fistula
< 65 years		1
> 65 years		3
Hearing loss
< 65 years
> 65 years		2	2
Death
< 65 years
> 65 years		1
Other
< 65 years		3^a
> 65 years		4^b	3^c

^a include mild trochlear paresis and dysgeusia
^b include hemiparesis after stroke on the 2nd postoperative day, dysgeusia and wound seroma
^c include AV block II°

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