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Table 1 Descriptive analysis of the sociodemographic data and the clinical features of the recruited patients among each group

From: Efficacy and safety of ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks in management of chronic resistant migraine

 

Group

P

Sham group

(N = 10)

SPG group

(N = 22)

GON group

(N = 21)

Mean ± SD

N (%)

Mean ± SD

N (%)

Mean ± SD

N (%)

Age

35.2 ± 8.8

37.32 ± 10.74

30.62 ± 11.28

0.124

Years of headache

9.1 ± 4.86

6.25 ± 5.07

9.57 ± 10.24

0.326

Gender

Male

1 (10%)

3 (13.64%)

1 (4.76%)

0.831

Female

9 (90%)

19 (86.36%)

20 (95.24%)

Diagnosis

Chronic migraine without aura

9 (90%)

19 (86.36%)

17 (80.95%)

0.89

Chronic migraine with aura

1 (10%)

3 (13.64%)

4 (19.05%)

Site

Temporal

 

11 (50%)

11 (52.4%)

0.374

Occipital

4 (18.2%)

7 (33.3%)

Temporal and occipital

7 (31.8%)

3 (14.3%)

Side

Unilateral

2 (9.1%)

2 (9.5%)

1.00

Bilateral

20 (90.9%)

19 (90.5%)

Autonomic Manifestation

None

14 (63.6%)

19 (90.5%)

0.069

Yes

8 (36.4%)

2 (9.5%)

  1. SPG: Sphenopalatine Ganglion, GON: Greater Occipital Nerve, SD: Standard Deviation