Trigeminal neuralgia: a retrospective multicentre study of 320 Asian patients

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• 作者：Hans Prakash Sathasivam ; BDS ; FRACDS ; DClinDent^a ; ^{hansprakash@hotmail.com} ; Sumairi Ismail ; BDSc ; MClinDent^b ; Abdul Rahim Ahmad ; BDS ; MClinDent^c ; Nor Nazaliza Basri ; BDS ; MClinDent^d ; Hartinie Muhamad ; BDS ; MClinDent^e ; Nur Fazilah Mohd. Tahir ; BDS ; MclinDent^a ; Chee Lynn Saw ; BDSc^f ; Nurshaline Hj. Kipli ; BDS ; FDSRCSEng^g ; Shin Hin Lau ; BDS ; MSc ; FDSRCSEng^h
• 刊名：Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：123
• 期：1
• 页码：51-57
• 全文大小：176 K
• 卷排序：123

文摘

This study was performed to obtain the clinicodemographic data regarding patients with trigeminal neuralgia (TN) treated at oral-maxillofacial medicine clinics, as there is a paucity of such information in the Asian setting.Study DesignRetrospective multicenter study involving clinicodemographic information of 320 patients with TN diagnosed between 2001 and 2012 at eight regional oral-maxillofacial medicine clinics and followed up for at least 6 months. Statistical tests were performed to assess the associations among the clinicodemographic factors.ResultsTN was mostly diagnosed during the seventh and sixth decades of life, with a median of 58.2 years (interquartile range = 13.0). Females were more commonly affected (61.6%). TN affected the right side more frequently, and the mandibular branch was most commonly involved (58.5%). Carbamazepine was the first-line drug of choice (87.5%).ConclusionsAsian patients with TN exhibited features similar to those in Caucasian patients except for the increased affliction of the mandibular division.