Ehan Alam, Kashif Ali Channar, Noor Ahmed Khoso, Riaz Ahmed Warriach, Abdul Bari Memon.
Comparison of the Pain Relief After Cryosurgery and Peripheral Neurectomy in Management of Trigeminal Neuralgia.
J Pak Dent Assoc Jan ;21(4):242-7.

INTRODUCTION Trigeminal Neuralgia is the disorder of fifth cranial nerve with unknown etiology. Due to its unknown etiology its treatment is controversial. Various treatment options are available. Every treatment has its own advantages and disadvantages depending on the age of the patients. Objective The study was design to compare the post-operative pain relief/recurrence in trigeminal neuralgia after cryosurgery and peripheral neurectomy. METHODOLOGY The was a quasi-experimentalstudy carried out on sixty patients of Trigeminal neuralgia.The duration of study was from April 2006 to June 2011. They were divided into two groups. Thirty patients were treated by cryosurgery and 30 patients with peripheral neurectomy. They were assessed for post-operative pain after the procedures at different follow-up time, for ten months. Results Patients treated by either procedure (cryosurgery, peripheral neurectomy) showed mild difference in postoperative pain relief i.e.76.6% in cryosurgery and 60% for neurectomy after ten months of the procedures. CONCLUSION Based on this study, both procedures (cryosurgery and peripheral neurectomy) were equally effective in short-term relief of pain (2-10 months) in patients with trigeminal neuralgia.

PakMediNet -Pakistan's largest Database of Pakistani Medical Journals - http://www.pakmedinet.com