Successful treatment of chronic paroxysmal hemicrania with posterior hypothalamic stimulation: Technical case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Walcott, Brian P ^a   Bamber, Norman I ^b   Anderson, Douglas E ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Functional; Headache; Hypothalamus; Paroxysmal hemicrania; Stereotactic; Target

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; ELETRIPTAN; ERGOTAMINE; GABAPENTIN; INDOMETACIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; MELATONIN; METOPROLOL; PREGABALIN; RIZATRIPTAN; SUMATRIPTAN; TRAMADOL; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; VERAPAMIL; ZOLMITRIPTAN; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAROXYSMAL HEMICRANIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EPIPHORA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; MICROELECTRODE; NEUROIMAGING; NOSE CONGESTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; PULSE GENERATOR; SAFETY; STEREOTACTIC TREATMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; PAROXYSMAL HEMICRANIA;

EID: 70350277561     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000345937.05186.73     Document Type: Article

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