Outcome of surgical decompression of the second cervical root for cervicogenic headache

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-71

  Pikus, Harold J ^a   Phillips, Joseph M ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

C2 root; Cervicogenic headache; Microsurgical decompression; Outcome analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ROOT; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030006344     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199607000-00014     Document Type: Article

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