Combining PRP with Radiofrequency for Face Nerve Pain
Part of Brain & nervous system, Pain clinical trials.
This study tests whether adding platelet-rich plasma (a concentrate from your own blood that may help healing) to a standard pulsed radiofrequency procedure reduces pain from infraorbital neuralgia more effectively than radiofrequency alone. It involves two treatments and follow-up for several months.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are between 18 and 75 years old.
- You have stabbing pain in your cheek or upper lip area (infraorbital nerve area), and a numbing shot temporarily relieves that pain.
- Your pain is severe—at least a 7 out of 10 on a pain scale.
- You are scheduled to receive a pulsed radiofrequency treatment for this nerve pain.
- You do not have blood clotting issues, are not on blood thinners, and do not have severe heart, lung, liver, or kidney problems.
Quick eligibility check
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