Fourteen year retrospective study of craniofacial pain in a neurological emergency department.

ABSTRACT: This fourteen-year retrospective cross-sectional study (August 2010 - July 2024) provides the first analysis of neuropathic craniofacial pain (CFP) in a neurological emergency department (ED), evaluating its types, characteristics, and management. Data from electronic medical records were analyzed using descriptive statistics and non-parametric tests (p < 0.05). Among 156 adult CFP patients (median age 61 years; female 108/156, 69.2%), six CFP types were identified, with trigeminal neuralgia (TN) being the most common (122/156, 78.2%), and etiologically defined in 30/122 patients (24.6%). The typical patient was an elderly female with severe, right-sided TN affecting the V2 and V3 branches. Acute treatment lacked guideline-supported rapid-onset options, relying instead on nonopioid and opi

SUBMITTER: Lucic A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12484931 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature