Post-traumatic trigeminal pain after dental surgery
12 (24%)
7 (58.3%)
Idiopathic trigeminal neuropathic pain
5 (10%)
3 (60.0%)
Classical trigeminal neuralgia with concomitant continuous pain
11 (22%)
8 (72.7%)
Post-traumatic trigeminal pain after alcoholization of Gasserian ganglion
1 (2%)
0 (0.0%)
Trigeminal postherpetic neuralgia
2 (4%)
2 (100.0%)
Trigeminal neuropathic pain post stroke
1 (2%)
1 (100.0%)
Trigeminal neuropathic pain post radiotherapy
1 (2%)
1 (100.0%)
Trigeminal neuropathic pain in multiple sclerosis syndrome
1 (2%)
1 (100.0%)
Post-traumatic trigeminal pain (head and face trauma)
4 (8%)
2 (50.0%)
Declarations
Author contributions
EP: Conceptualization, Investigation, Data curation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. AJ: Conceptualization, Writing—review & editing. IS: Supervision. MD: Resources. PP: Formal analysis. JPVB: Supervision. All authors read and approved the submitted version.
Conflicts of interest
Materials for the procedure are provided by Medtronic Bakken Research Center, who developed a custom-made lead in collaboration with our department (Multidisciplinary pain center, VITAZ, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium). The authors declare that they have no other conflicts of interest.
Ethical approval
The local Ethical Committee of Vitaz (Sint-Niklaas, Belgium) approved the study (EC22022).
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