Comparative Study inTreatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia

Sohag University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Trigeminal Neuralgia

Treatments: Procedure: percutaneous radiofrequency trigeminal rhizotomy; Procedure: Microvascular decompression of the trigeminal nerve

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04801407

Soh-Med-21-03-06

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate the results of percutaneous radiofrequency rhizotomy and the effectiveness of microvascular decompression for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia and Comparing between them according the different outcome parameters.

Full description

This is prospective case -series hospital based study, will be conducted on 40 patients with trigeminal neuralgia treated either by percutaneous radiofrequency trigeminal rhizotomy or microvascular decompression at Sohag University Hospitals, between march 2021 and June 2022 and we will divide the the patients into two groups ,one group will be treated with percutaneous radiofrequency trigeminal rhizotomy and the other group will be treated with microvascular decompression and we will asses the results with the Barrow Neurological Institute Pain Intensity Score .

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Failed medical treatment more than 6 months

Exclusion criteria

• Coagulation disorder or hemorrhagic disease;
• Mental illness and inability to cooperate;

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

radiofrequency group

Active Comparator group

Description:

it is the group that will be treated with Percutaneous Radiofrequency Rhizotomy

Treatment:

Procedure: percutaneous radiofrequency trigeminal rhizotomy

Microvascular decompression group

Active Comparator group

Description:

it is the group that will be treated with Microvascular decompression

Treatment:

Procedure: Microvascular decompression of the trigeminal nerve