The Efficacy and Safety of Pulsed Radiofrequency Combined With Continuous Radiofrequency for the Trigeminal Neuralgia

Exclusion Criteria

• •Secondary trigeminal neuralgia such as trigeminal neuralgia attributed to a space-occupying lesion or multiple sclerosis.
• •Infection at the puncture site.
• •A history of psychiatric disease.
• •Disorder indicated in the results of routine blood tests, hepatic function, renal function, coagulation function, electrocardiogram, or chest X-ray.
• •Serious systemic diseases such as uncontrolled hypertension or diabetes, and cardiac dysfunction (II-III of the New York Heart Association classification).
• •A history of abuse of narcotics.
• •A history of receiving continuous radiofrequency to the gasserian ganglion or peripheral branches; glycerol rhizolysis; balloon compression; gamma knife; or any other neuroablative treatments.
• •A history of receiving microvascular decompression.