High cervical spinal cord stimulation for chronic cluster headache

Cephalalgia

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1170-1180

  Wolter, Tilman ^a   Kiemen, Andrea ^a   Kaube, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic cluster headache; neurostimulation; spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; DULOXETINE; ELETRIPTAN; ESCITALOPRAM; FROVATRIPTAN; GABAPENTIN; INDOMETACIN; LITHIUM; NARATRIPTAN; PREGABALIN; QUETIAPINE; RIZATRIPTAN; SERTRALINE; STEROID; SUMATRIPTAN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE; VERAPAMIL; ZOLMITRIPTAN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC CLUSTER HEADACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH CERVICAL EPIDURAL ELECTRODE; HIGH CERVICAL SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MALE; NEUROSTIMULATOR; PRIMARY HEADACHE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRIPOLAR ELECTRODE; SECONDARY HEADACHE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; STEROID THERAPY;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CLUSTER HEADACHE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 80051488307     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102411412627     Document Type: Article

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