Table B. Clinical characteristics of patients (neurological symptoms).

Pt*	Age	Side	Pretreatement/ Posttreatement CN VII function (HB score) **		Pretreatement/ Posttreatement other CN function		Pretreatement/ Posttreatement cephalgia (NRS)***
*Pt (patient). ** House Brackmann score, upwards (superior)/outwards (lateral) facial movement (I-VI) [30]. *** NRS-numerical pain rating scale (0-10) [30]. ****After the 13th month of treatment.
1.	73	right	HB V/VI	HB V/V	normal	normal	moderate (NRS 5- 6)	no pain (NRS 0)
2.	78	left	HB II/II	HB I/I	CN X: paresis	CN X: paresis	severe (NRS 7)	severe (NRS 7)
3.	84	right	HB VI/VI	HB VI/VI****	normal	normal	extreme (NRS 8)	severe (NRS 7)
4.	51	left	HB I/III	HB I/I	CN VI: ipsilateral paresis CN IX: contralateral paresis CN XII: bilateral paresis	CN VI: normal CN IX: normal CN XII: normal	moderate (NRS 4)	very severe (NRS 8)
5.	50	right	HB III/VI HB IV/V (during the recurrence)	HB I/I HB V/V (after the recurrence)	normal CN IX: ipsilateral paresis CN X: ipsilateral paresis CN XII: ipsilateral paresis (during the recurrence)	normal CN IX: normal CN X: normal CN XII: normal	mild (NRS 2-3)	no pain (NRS 0)