A novel scoring system as a predictor for delayed pain disappearance after percutaneous balloon compression for trigeminal neuralgia
Tao Wu, Yundong Yang, Shizhong Zhang, Xiaoliang Liu, Guojun Wang, Wenming Lv · 2025
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Tao Wu and five co-authors build in 2025 a scoring system to foresee which patients keep hurting after a balloon procedure for trigeminal neuralgia. The procedure squeezes the nerve through a needle to stop severe facial pain, yet in some patients the pain fades only slowly.
Looking back at two hundred eighty-two patients, the team split them into a group used to build the score and a smaller group used to test it. They searched for factors that marked delayed relief and turned them into points. A reliable score would let surgeons warn patients early and plan follow-up with open eyes.
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| CREATOR | Tao Wu, Yundong Yang, Shizhong Zhang, Xiaoliang Liu, Guojun Wang, Wenming Lv |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |