Treatment of refractory chronic cluster headache by chronic occipital nerve stimulation

Cephalalgia

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1101-1105

  Fontaine, Denys ^a   Christophe Sol, Jean ^b   Raoul, Sylvie ^b   Fabre, Nelly ^b   Geraud, Gilles ^b   Magne, Christine ^b   Sakarovitch, Charlotte ^a   Lanteri Minet, Michel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^b TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cluster headache; greater occipital nerve; neuromodulation; occipital nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC CLUSTER HEADACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARESTHESIA;

ADULT; CLUSTER HEADACHE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960705322     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102411412086     Document Type: Article

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