Trigeminusneuralgi. Jämförelse av smärta, vardagsliv och livskvalite hos patienter behandlade
med/utan kirguri
Engelsk titel: Trigeminal neuralgia. Comparison of pain, daily life and quality of life among patients treated
with/without decompression surgery
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Författare:
Dellstrand M
Email: marianne.Dellstrand@astrazeneca.com
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 23
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 03013182
Sammanfattning
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is one
of the most severe pains known.
The pain is repetitious, unbearable
and paralysing. The aim of
this study was to describe how
the pain experience affected the
daily life of patients with trigeminal
neuralgia treated with and
without decompression surgery. It
is a descriptive study using the
Multidimensional Pain Inventory
Questionnaire. The study included
30 patients treated with
microvascular decompression
surgery the last two years and a
control group of 20 patients with
trigeminal neuralgia but no surgical
treatment. The mean age of
the women was 62 years and of
the men 69 years old. The neuralgia
was most common among
women and the pain usually
occurred on the right side of the
face. The study showed constant
difficulties in the patient’s daily
life. Patients with surgical treatment
managed their daily life better
and with greater satisfaction
than the patients without surgical
treatment.