Abstract:Objective To evaluate the clinical efficacy of short-term supraorbital nerve electrical stimulation and supraorbital nerve pulsed radiofrequency in the treatment of subacute herpetic neuralgia in the forehead. Methods From January 2020 to December 2023, 40 PHN patients in V1 distribution area of trigeminal nerve were selected from the Department of pain medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School. One group was treated with supraorbital nerve electrical stimulation (group A, 20) and the other group was treated with supraorbital nerve pulsed radiofrequency (group B, 20). The visual analog score (VAS), Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), pregabalin and opioid dosage were recorded before and 1, 15, 30, 90, 180 days after the operation, and the postoperative adverse reactions and complications were also observed. Results The VAS score of group A was significantly lower than that of group B at 1, 15 and 30 days after the operation (P < 0.05). The PSQI score of group A was significantly lower than that of group B at 1, 15, 30 and 90 days after operation (P < 0.05). The dosage of pregabalin in group A was significantly lower than that in group B at 90 and 180 days after operation (P < 0.05). The dosage of tramadol in group A was significantly lower than that in group B at 15, 30 days after operation (P < 0.05) . There were no adverse reactions and complications in both groups during treatment. Conclusion Both pulsed radiofrequency and peripheral nerve electrical stimulation can effectively alleviate subacute herpetic neuralgia in the forehead and improve patients" sleep quality,and The peripheral nerve electrical stimulation showed it better than pulsed radiofrequency in subacute herpetic neuralgia in the forehead.