Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients treated for trigeminal neuralgia (n = 80)
Study group | Placebo group | pa | |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | 21men;52.5% | 18men;45.0% | 0.502 |
Mean age | 65.4 ± 1.7 years old | 69.3 ± 1.5 years old | 0.096 |
Location | 20 left side;50.0% | 21 left side; 52.5% | 0.823 |
Trigeminal branch affected | V2:10(25.0%) | V2:9(22.5%) | 0.965 |
V2/V3:3(7.5%) | V2/3:3(7.5%) | ||
V3:27(67.5%) | V3:28(70.0%) | ||
Basal mean arterial pressure | 101.1 ± 1.3 mmHg | 100.3 ± 1.3 mmHg | 0.662 |
Basal mean heart rate | 67.6 ± 1.4 | 66.4 ± 0.8 | 0.464 |
Preoperative visual analogue scale | 5.8 ± 0.1 | 5.6 ± 0.1 | 0.286 |