Microvascular decompression for classic trigeminal neuralgia: Determination of minimum clinically important difference in pain improvement for patient reported outcomes

Neurosurgery

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 749-754

  Reddy, Vishruth K ^a   Parker, Scott L ^a   Patrawala, Samit A ^a   Lockney, Dennis T ^a   Su, Pei Fang ^a   Mericle, Robert A ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HW Neurological Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrow Neurological Institute Pain Scale; Facial pain; Microvascular decompression; Minimum clinically important difference; Outcomes research; Trigeminal neuralgia; Visual Analog Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE PAIN SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 84876733612     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318286fad2     Document Type: Article

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