Indications and outcomes for surgical treatment of patients with chronic migraine headaches caused by occipital neuralgia

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1453-1461

  Ducic, Ivica ^a   Hartmann, Emily C ^a   Larson, Ethan E ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURALGIA; NEURECTOMY; NEUROLYSIS; OCCIPITAL NEURALGIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE; NERVE BLOCK; SPINAL NERVE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NERVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66549098781     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181a0720e     Document Type: Article

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