[Experiences with acupuncture in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgias]

In the present paper it is reported on therapeutical experience gained within one and a half years at 27 patients with various forms of trigeminal neuralgias. In the group of the idiopathic, symptomatic, and atypical forms, therapy was totally successful in 55%, relatively successful in 35%, and failed in 10% of the cases. As to the psychogenic form, therapy was successful in 6 of 7 patients. Within a year after therapy had been terminated, a third of the patients suffered a relapse. When repeating acupuncture, patients do not seem to respond to the therapy as favorably as before.