Trial reportCurrent medical science2019
Triple Puncture for Primary Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Trial report in Current medical science, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- The efficacy and safety of gabapentin vs. carbamazepine in patients with primary trigeminal neuralgia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Pooled it
- Does Acupuncture Produce Durable Analgesia in Trigeminal Neuralgia? An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Meta-analysis and sequential analysis of acupuncture compared to carbamazepine in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia.World journal of clinical cases · 2024Article
- Comparative analysis of MVD and RHZ in the treatment of primary glossopharyngeal neuralgia: A clinical report on 61 cases.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Acupuncture Methods for Primary Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Review
- The Central Response of Electroacupuncture on Trigeminal Neuralgia Based on Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Protocol for a Pre-Experimental, Single-Centre, Randomized, Controlled Trial.Journal of pain research · 2021Article
- Clinical efficacy of MVD combined with PSR in the treatment of primary trigeminal neuralgia.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2020Article
- Treatment Outcomes in Trigeminal Neuralgia-A Systematic Review of Domains, Dimensions and Measures.World neurosurgery: X · 2020Review
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
To evaluate the effect of triple puncture on primary trigeminal neuralgia (pTN), 64 patients with pTN were randomly assigned to two groups: treatment group and control group. The participants in the treatment group received triple puncture treatment of 6 times per week for 4 weeks, and those in control group were given carbamazepine (300-600 mg per day) for at least 1 month. Before and after treatment, the primary outcomes including the total efficiency rate and the VAS pain scores, and the secondary outcomes including the frequency of pain attack and adverse events were observed. Sixty-two participants finished the study (33 in treatment group and 29 in control group individually). After treatment, the symptoms (mainly pain) of the two groups were alleviated. The total efficiency rate in the treatment group and control group was 90.9% and 75.9% respectively. The VAS pain scores and frequency of pain attack were significantly reduced in the treatment group as compared with the control group (P<0.05). The incidence of adverse events in the treatment group and control group was 9.1% and 24.1% respectively. It can be inferred that triple puncture can effectively improve the quality of life of patients with pTN and has less side effects.
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