Research Article
Supraorbital Nerve Radiofrequency for Severe Neuralgia Caused by Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus
Table 1
Characteristics of the patients.
| Parameters | Mean ± SD or N (%) |
| Age (years) | 73.6 ± 9.9 | Sex, n (%) | Male | 19 (61%) | Location, n (%) | Left | 14 (45%) | Affected nerves, n (%) | I | 26 (84%) | I + II | 4 (13%) | I + II + III | 1 (3%) | Disease course (after herpes healed), n (%) | ≤1 month | 12 (39%) | >1 month | 19 (61%) | Combined chronic diseases, n (%) | Hypertension | 27 (87%) | Diabetes | 10 (32%) | Involved facial nerve, n (%) | | 1 (3%) | Frequency of preoperative nerve blocks | | 7.4 ± 1.5 |
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