Reply to Venda Nova et al

Affiliations

¹ LIM-62, Pain Center, Department of Neurology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
² School of Medicine, Pain Center, Instituto do Cancer do Estado de São Paulo, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa da Rede D'Or - IDOR, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiologie and Pain Center, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁵ Department and Institute of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Service of Interdisciplinary Neuromodulation, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁶ Pain Center, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁷ Pain Center, School of Medicine, Instituto do Cancer do Estado de São Paulo, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁸ Pain Center, Instituto do Cancer do Estado de São Paulo, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁹ School of Medicine, Federal University of ABC, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil.
¹⁰ School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
¹¹ Pain Center, School of Medicine, Instituto do Cancer do Estado de São Paulo, University of São Paulo, Service of Interdisciplinary Neuromodulation, São Paulo, Brazil.

Comment

Daniel Ciampi de Andrade et al. Pain. 2021.

. 2021 Sep 1;162(9):2456.

doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002350.

¹ LIM-62, Pain Center, Department of Neurology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
² School of Medicine, Pain Center, Instituto do Cancer do Estado de São Paulo, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa da Rede D'Or - IDOR, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiologie and Pain Center, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁵ Department and Institute of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Service of Interdisciplinary Neuromodulation, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁶ Pain Center, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁷ Pain Center, School of Medicine, Instituto do Cancer do Estado de São Paulo, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁸ Pain Center, Instituto do Cancer do Estado de São Paulo, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁹ School of Medicine, Federal University of ABC, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil.
¹⁰ School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
¹¹ Pain Center, School of Medicine, Instituto do Cancer do Estado de São Paulo, University of São Paulo, Service of Interdisciplinary Neuromodulation, São Paulo, Brazil.

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Balloon compression vs radiofrequency for primary trigeminal neuralgia: a randomized, controlled trial.
Sterman-Neto H, Fukuda CY, Duarte KP, Aparecida da Silva V, Rodrigues ALL, Galhardoni R, de Siqueira SRDT, de Siqueira JTT, Teixeira MJ, Ciampi de Andrade D. Sterman-Neto H, et al. Pain. 2021 Mar 1;162(3):919-929. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002070. Pain. 2021. PMID: 32947541 Clinical Trial.
Looking beyond the obvious: the importance of outcomes and outcomes measures in trigeminal neuralgia.
Venda Nova C, Ni Riordain R, Baker SR, Zakrzewska JM. Venda Nova C, et al. Pain. 2021 Sep 1;162(9):2456. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002349. Pain. 2021. PMID: 34448756 No abstract available.

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