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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Pain. 2010 Sep 6;15(1):53–60. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2010.08.002

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics

Sham rTMS Real rTMS
Mean age (years (SD) 46.71 (13.03) 41.11 (11.27)
Females (total) 6(8) 8(9)
Duration of disease (n)
> 5 years 7 5
2–5 years 1 4
< 2 years 0 0
Duration of opioid analgesics use (continuous) (n)
>5 years 5 3
2–5 years 1 4
<2 years 2 2
Previous nerve procedure for pain treatment (n)*
Yes 1 2
No 7 7
Surgical treatment for chronic pain and pancreatitis** (n)
Yes 4 6
No 4 3

n – number of subjects

*

bilateral thoracoscopic splanchnicectomy

**

four patients underwent whipple procedure, three patients underwent bilateral thoracoscopic splanchnicectomy, three patients had surgical sphincteroplasty and eight patients had no surgical procedure.