Abstract
Refractory trigeminal neuralgia may be source of heavy discomfort and disability for patients with pitiful quality of life. Trigeminal thermocoagulation by radiofrequency is helpful to provide a good outcome and better life. To report and assess our experience and to determine outcome of quality of life of patients after a percutaneous trigeminal thermocoagulation. Joint study both retrospective to analyse patients files admitted for a trigeminal thermocoagulation procedure from 2004 till 2015 and a prospective analysis with a questionnaire on quality of life before and after treatment; also use of scales to transcribe data and compare them to literature: Barrow Neurological Institute Pain Intensity Score (BNI-PS) and Facial Numbness Scale (FNS), modified Rankin Scale (mRS) and Excellent-Good-Fair-Poor Categorical Scale (EGFP).
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