Confirmation of surgical decompression to relieve migraine headaches

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-122

  Poggi, Joseph T ^a   Grizzell, Brett E ^a   Helmer, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; ERGOT ALKALOID; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; MORBIDITY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEURECTOMY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY;

ADULT; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 48049110949     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31817742da     Document Type: Article

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