ArticleFrontiers in neurology2024
Efficacy and safety of ultrasound-guided pulsed radiofrequency in the treatment of the ophthalmic branch of postherpetic trigeminal neuralgia.
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- Efficacy and safety of short-term spinal cord stimulation and pulsed radiofrequency in the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Pulsed Radiofrequency Alone Versus Combined With Stellate Ganglion Block for Acute Herpes Zoster-Associated Trigeminal Neuralgia in Patients With Pain Catastrophizing: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis.Pain research & management · 2026Article
- Ultrasound-Guided Interventions for Neuropathic Pain: A Narrative Pictorial Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The efficacy of ultrasound-guided pulsed radiofrequency in the treatment of primary glossopharyngeal neuralgia.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Objective: To investigate the efficacy and safety of ultrasound-guided pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) targeting the supraorbital nerve for treating the ophthalmic branch of postherpetic trigeminal neuralgia. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted involving patients who presented at the Department of Pain, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University from January 2015 to January 2022. The patients were diagnosed with the first branch of postherpetic trigeminal neuralgia. In total, 63 patients were included based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The patients were divided into the following two groups based on the treatment method used: the nerve block (NB) group ( Results: No significant difference was found in terms of pretreatment age, sex, course of disease, preoperative VAS score, preoperative PSQI score, and preoperative pregabalin dose between the two groups ( Conclusion: PRF targeting the supraorbital nerve can effectively control the pain in the first branch of the trigeminal nerve after herpes, enhance sleep quality, and reduce the dose of pregabalin. Thus, this study shows that PRF is safe under ultrasound guidance and is worthy of clinical application.
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