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Table 4 The recovery state from postoperative facial numbness at 12 months

From: The comparison of efficacy and complications of coblation and radiofrequency thermocoagulation for V2/V3 idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia: a retrospective cohort study of 292 cases

 

No numbness, n(%)

Remission, n(%)

No remission, n(%)

Z

P

RFT (n = 97)

19 (19.5%)

35 (36.1%)

43 (44.3%)

2.828

0.093

Coblation (n = 150)

52 (34.7%)

38 (25.3%)

60 (40.0%)

  1. The recovery state is considered as ranked data and nonparametric test (Independent-Samples Kruskal-Wallis Test) is applied to assess it