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Table 1 Main information regarding preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative course of the patients

From: Sling technique in microvascular decompression surgery for trigeminal neuralgia: early experience and functional outcomes

Patient

Age/sex

Side

Distribution

Duration Symptoms to surgery

BNI Pain score

Offending vessel

Postop BNI pain score

Follow-up period (months)

1

45/M

Rt

V2–V3

3 years

IV

SCA

I

36

2

35/M

Rt

V3

2 years

IV

SCA

I

18

3

70/F

Rt

V2–V3

2 years

IV

SCA

I

26

4

48/M

Lt

V2–V3

4 years

V

AICA

I

36

5

38/F

Rt

V3

5 years

IV

SCA

I

40

6

42/M

Lt

V2

6 years

V

SCA

I

24

7

65/F

Rt

V2–V3

3 years

IV

SCA

I

36

8

55/M

Lt

V1–V2–V3

2 years

V

SCA

IV

Reoperated after 1 year, follow-up was 48 months from the 1st operation

9

47/M

Lt

V3

5 years

IV

AICA + veins

II

36

10

49/F

Rt

V3

4 years

IV

SCA

I

42

11

45/M

Rt

V2

6 years

V

SCA

I

36

12

55/M

Lt

V2–V3

3 years

IV

SCA

I

18

13

39/M

Lt

V2–V3

2 years

V

AICA

II

26

14

45/F

Rt

V3

5 years

IV

SCA

I

40

15

62/F

Lt

V3

4 years

IV

SCA

I

24

16

59/M

Rt

V2–V3

3 years

IV

AICA

I

38

17

55/M

Lt

V3

2 years

IV

SCA

I

42

18

60/F

Rt

V2–V3

2 years

V

SCA

II

36

19

68/M

Rt

V2–V3

4 years

IV

SCA

I

18

20

40/F

Rt

V3

5 years

IV

AICA

I

40

  1. SCA Superior cerebellar artery, AICA Anterior–inferior cerebellar artery, BNI Barrow Neurological Institute