Occipital Nerve Stimulation for Headache Disorders

Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-219

  Paemeleire, Koen ^a   Bartsch, Thorsten ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cluster headache; hemicrania continua; migraine; neuropathic pain; Occipital nerve stimulation; refractory headache

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER HEADACHE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIGRAINE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEURALGIA; OCCIPITAL NERVE STIMULATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 77953254568     PISSN: 19337213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nurt.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Schulman E.A., Lake III A.E., Goadsby P.J., et al. Defining refractory migraine and refractory chronic migraine: proposed criteria from the Refractory Headache Special Interest Section of the American Headache Society. Headache 48 (2008) 778-782
2. The International Classification of Headache Disorders. 2nd ed. Cephalalgia 24 suppl 1 (2004) 9-160
3. Goadsby P.J., Schoenen J., Ferrari M.D., Silberstein S.D., and Dodick D. Towards a definition of intractable headache for use in clinical practice and trials. Cephalalgia 26 (2006) 1168-1170
4. Olesen J., and Lipton R.B. Headache classification update 2004. Curr Opin Neurol 17 (2004) 275-282
5. Lake III A.E., Saper J.R., and Hamel R.L. Comprehensive inpatient treatment of refractory chronic daily headache. Headache 49 (2009) 555-562
6. van Kleef M., Lataster A., Narouze S., Mekhail N., Geurts J.W., and van Zundert J. Evidence-based interventional pain medicine according to clinical diagnoses. 2. Cluster headache. Pain Pract 9 (2009) 435-442
7. Weiner R., and Reed K. Peripheral neurostimulation for control of intractable occipital neuralgia. Neuromodulation 2 (1999) 217-222
8. Melvin Jr. E.A., Jordan F.R., Weiner R.L., and Primm D. Using peripheral stimulation to reduce the pain of C2-mediated occipital headaches: a preliminary report. Pain Physician 10 (2007) 453-460
9. Picaza J.A., Hunter S.E., and Cannon B.W. Pain suppression by peripheral nerve stimulation. Chronic effects of implanted devices. Appl Neurophysiol 40 (1977) 223-234
10. Waisbrod H., Panhans C., Hansen D., and Gerbershagen H.U. Direct nerve stimulation for painful peripheral neuropathies. J Bone Joint Surg Br 67 (1985) 470-472
11. Schwedt T.J., Dodick D.W., Hentz J., Trentman T.L., and Zimmerman R.S. Occipital nerve stimulation for chronic headache-long-term safety and efficacy. Cephalalgia 27 (2007) 153-157
12. Matharu M.S., Bartsch T., Ward N., Frackowiak R.S., Weiner R., and Goadsby P.J. Central neuromodulation in chronic migraine patients with suboccipital stimulators: a PET study. Brain 127 (2004) 220-230
13. Paemeleire K., Van Buyten J.P., Van Buynder M., et al. Phenotype of patients responsive to occipital nerve stimulation for refractory head pain. Cephalalgia (2010) (in press)
14. Ghaemi K., Capelle H.H., Kinfe T.M., and Krauss J.K. Occipital nerve stimulation for refractory occipital pain after occipitocervical fusion: expanding indications. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 86 (2008) 391-393
15. Burns B., Watkins L., and Goadsby P.J. Treatment of medically intractable cluster headache by occipital nerve stimulation: long-term follow-up of eight patients. Lancet 369 (2007) 1099-1106
16. Burns B., Watkins L., and Goadsby P.J. Treatment of intractable chronic cluster headache by occipital nerve stimulation in 14 patients. Neurology 72 (2009) 341-345
17. Magis D., Allena M., Bolla M., De Pasqua V., Remacle J.M., and Schoenen J. Occipital nerve stimulation for drug-resistant chronic cluster headache: a prospective pilot study. Lancet Neurol 6 (2007) 314-321
18. Goadsby P.J., Dodick D.W., Saper J.R., and Silberstein S. Occipital nerve stimulation (ONS) for treatment of intractable chronic migraine (ONSTIM). Cephalalgia 29 (2009) 133
19. Burns B., Watkins L., and Goadsby P.J. Treatment of hemicrania continua by occipital nerve stimulation with a bion device: long-term follow-up of a crossover study. Lancet Neurol 7 (2008) 1001-1012
20. Franzini A., Messina G., Leone M., and Broggi G. Occipital nerve stimulation (ONS). Surgical technique and prevention of late electrode migration. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 151 (2009) 861-865
21. Kapural L., Mekhail N., Hayek S.M., Stanton-Hicks M., and Malak O. Occipital nerve electrical stimulation via the midline approach and subcutaneous surgical leads for treatment of severe occipital neuralgia: a pilot study. Anesth Analg 101 (2005) 171-174
22. Jones R.L. Occipital nerve stimulation using a medtronic resume II electrode array. Pain Physician 6 (2003) 507-508
23. Trentman T.L., Rosenfeld D.M., Vargas B.B., Schwedt T.J., Zimmerman R.S., and Dodick D.W. Greater occipital nerve stimulation via the Bion microstimulator: implantation technique and stimulation parameters. Clinical trial: NCT00205894. Pain Physician 12 (2009) 621-628
24. Trentman T.L., Zimmerman R.S., Dodick D.W., Dormer C.L., and Vargas B.B. Occipital nerve stimulator placement under general anesthesia: initial experience with 5 cases and review of the literature. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol (2009 Oct 7) [Epub ahead of print]
25. Ducic I., Moriarty M., and Al-Attar A. Anatomical variations of the occipital nerves: implications for the treatment of chronic headaches. Plast Reconstr Surg 123 (2009) 859-863
26. Hayek S.M., Jasper J.F., Deer T.R., and Narouze S.N. Occipital neurostimulation-induced muscle spasms: implications for lead placement. Pain Physician 12 (2009) 867-876
27. Bartsch T., and Goadsby P.J. Stimulation of the greater occipital nerve induces increased central excitability of dural afferent input. Brain 125 (2002) 1496-1509
28. Bartsch T., and Goadsby P.J. Increased responses in trigeminocervical nociceptive neurons to cervical input after stimulation of the dura mater. Brain 126 (2003) 1801-1813
29. Goadsby P.J., Knight Y.E., and Hoskin K.L. Stimulation of the greater occipital nerve increases metabolic activity in the trigeminal nucleus caudalis and cervical dorsal horn of the cat. Pain 73 (1997) 23-28
30. Piovesan E.J., Kowacs P.A., Tatsui C.E., Lange M.C., Ribas L.C., and Werneck L.C. Referred pain after painful stimulation of the greater occipital nerve in humans: evidence of convergence of cervical afferences on trigeminal nuclei. Cephalalgia 21 (2001) 107-109
31. Busch V., Jakob W., Juergens T., Schulte-Mattler W., Kaube H., and May A. Functional connectivity between trigeminal and occipital nerves revealed by occipital nerve blockade and nociceptive blink reflexes. Cephalalgia 26 (2006) 50-55
32. Ignelzi R.J., and Nyquist J.K. Direct effect of electrical stimulation on peripheral nerve evoked activity: implications in pain relief. J Neurosurg 45 (1976) 159-165
33. Ignelzi R.J., and Nyquist J.K. Excitability changes in peripheral nerve fibers after repetitive electrical stimulation. Implications in pain modulation. J Neurosurg 51 (1979) 824-833
34. Melzack R., and Wall P.D. Pain mechanisms: a new theory. Science 150 (1965) 971-979
35. Dickenson A.H. Gate control theory of pain stands the test of time. Br J Anaesth 88 (2002) 755-757
36. Vincent M.B., Ekman R., Edvinsson L., Sand T., and Sjaastad O. Reduction of calcitonin gene-related peptide in jugular blood following electrical stimulation of rat greater occipital nerve. Cephalalgia 12 (1992) 275-279
37. Goadsby P.J., Bartsch T., and Dodick D.W. Occipital nerve stimulation for headache: mechanisms and efficacy. Headache 48 (2008) 313-318
38. Schwedt T.J., Dodick D.W., Trentman T.L., and Zimmerman R.S. Occipital nerve stimulation for chronic cluster headache and hemicrania continua: pain relief and persistence of autonomic features. Cephalalgia 26 (2006) 1025-1027
39. Bartsch T., Paemeleire K., and Goadsby P.J. Neurostimulation approaches to primary headache disorders. Curr Opin Neurol 22 (2009) 262-268
40. Ambrosini A. Occipital nerve stimulation for intractable cluster headache. Lancet 369 (2007) 1063-1065
41. Goadsby P.J. Neurostimulation in primary headache syndromes. Expert Rev Neurother 7 (2007) 1785-1789
42. Schwedt T.J., Dodick D.W., Trentman T.L., and Zimmerman R.S. Response to occipital nerve block is not useful in predicting efficacy of occipital nerve stimulation. Cephalalgia 27 (2007) 271-274
43. Bartsch T. Migraine and the neck: new insights from basic data. Curr Pain Headache Rep 9 (2005) 191-196
44. Ambrosini A., Vandenheede M., Rossi P., et al. Suboccipital injection with a mixture of rapid- and long-acting steroids in cluster headache: a double-blind placebo-controlled study. Pain 118 (2005) 92-96
45. Afridi S.K., Shields K.G., Bhola R., and Goadsby P.J. Greater occipital nerve injection in primary headache syndromes--prolonged effects from a single injection. Pain 122 (2006) 126-129
46. Fishbain D.A., Lewis J., Cole B., Cutler R.B., Rosomoff R.S., and Rosomoff H.L. Do the proposed cervicogenic headache diagnostic criteria demonstrate specificity in terms of separating cervicogenic headache from migraine?. Curr Pain Headache Rep 7 (2003) 387-394
47. Trentman T.L., Mueller J.T., Shah D.M., Zimmerman R.S., and Noble B.M. Occipital nerve stimulator lead pathway length changes with volunteer movement: an in vitro study. Pain Pract (2009 Oct 26) [Epub ahead of print]
48. Trentman T.L., Dodick D.W., Zimmerman R.S., and Birch B.D. Percutaneous occipital stimulator lead tip erosion: report of 2 cases. Pain Physician 11 (2008) 253-256
49. Terrence L.T., Richard S.Z., Nikesh S., Joseph G.H., and David W.D. Stimulation ranges, usage ranges, and paresthesia mapping during occipital nerve stimulation. Neuromodulation 11 (2008) 56-61
50. Jasper J.F., and Hayek S.M. Implanted occipital nerve stimulators. Pain Physician 11 (2008) 187-200