The association of frailty with worse pain outcomes in older patients with trigeminal neuralgia treated using primary percutaneous glycerin rhizotomy
In this study, frail older patients who underwent primary glycerin rhizotomy experienced greater pain levels postoperatively and had a higher incidence of rhizotomy failure relative to their nonfrail counterparts. Therefore, frailty status should be considered during preoperative counseling prior to percutaneous glycerin rhizotomy to guide clinical decision-making and inform patient expectations following the procedure.
Authors
- Risheng Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4288-1232)
- Michael Lim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0523-3076)
- Mostafa Abdulrahim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8631-0213)
- Emeka Ejimogu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9779-7428)
- Sumil K. Nair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9937-7478)
- Judy Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0675-1935)
- Anita Kalluri
- Yuanxuan Xia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6152-8392)
- Deepti Tantry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6884-4309)
- Hussain Alkhars (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1267-2360)
- Chetan Bettegowda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9991-7123)
- Vivek Srikar Yedavalli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2450-4014)
- Christopher M. Jackson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7506-600X)
- Sai Chandan Reddy
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurosurgical FOCUS
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.6.focus25379
- Primary Topic
- Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00