Table 3.
Pain qualities at baseline and follow-up examinations and Frequency of pain paroxysms.
| Patient no. | Pain qualities preoperative | Pain qualities at 3 months FU | Pain qualities at 1 year FU | preoperative frequency of spontaneous pain paroxysms [d−1] | 3 months FU frequency of spontaneous pain paroxysms [d−1] | 1 year FU frequency of spontaneous pain paroxysms [d−1] | last control FU frequency of spontaneous pain paroxysms [d−1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B, P, E, L | T, B | B | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | St, P, B, E, L, C, T | P, B, C | B, S | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | E, L, C, T | 0 | 0 | * | * | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | S, St, B, C | Cut, C | T, B, S | 3.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| 5 | P, S, B, E, T | P, B, L | P, A, L | 2 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| 6 | P, E, C, T | St | E, A, T | 100 | * | * | * |
| 7 | E, B | E, P, B | B, P | 150 | – | 23 | 23 |
| 8 | P, A | P | P | * | * | * | * |
| Mean (SD) | 84 (98) | 4.0 (9.3) | 3.9 (9.4) |
Pins and needles (P), tearing (T), stinging (S), aching (A), burning (B), stabbing (St), compression (C), electricity (E), lightning (L), cutting (Cut), *provoked attacks only. Follow-up (FU).