Failure of deep brain stimulation of the posterior inferior hypothalamus in chronic cluster headache - Report of two cases and review of the literature

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 76-79

  Pinsker, M O ^a,c   Bartsch, T ^a   Falk, D ^a   Volkmann, J ^a   Herzog, J ^a   Steigerwald, F ^a   Diener, H C ^b   Deuschl, G ^a   Mehdorn, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UK SH Kiel ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic cluster headache; Deep brain stimulation; Posterior inferior hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; ERGOTAMINE; INDOMETACIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; LITHIUM; MAPROTILINE; METHYSERGIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORTRIPTYLINE; OPIATE; PREDNISONE; SERTRALINE; SUMATRIPTAN; TOPIRAMATE; TRIMIPRAMINE; VALPROIC ACID; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEREOTACTIC TREATMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS, POSTERIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 38649106664     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1022558     Document Type: Article

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