The Effect of Trigeminal Ganglion Block on Trigeminocardiac Reflex in Elderly Patients with Trigeminal Neuralgia Undergoing Percutaneous Balloon Compression: A Randomized Controlled Study.

"Disclosure The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work."

"The authors would like to thank Junfang Rong, MD, Tao Qian, MD and Xiujie Chang for their support of this study. The study was supported by the Key Research and Development Program of Hebei Province (19277714D)."

"The study was approved by the ethics committee of the Hebei General Hospital (ethics approval no.2022–08) and registered in the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (registration number ChiCTR2200057522) on March 14, 2022. The study was carried out in accordance with the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki. Eighty-two patients with TN undergoing PBC were recruited to this study from March 1, 2022 to April 25, 2022, and all participants signed the informed consent. The surgeries were performed under general anesthesia in Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) complex operating room. Ethical Approval: The study has been approved by the ethics committee of the Hebei General Hospital (ethics approval no.2022–08) and registered in the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (registration number ChiCTR2200057522)."