Occipital nerve stimulation in primary headache syndromes

Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-67

  Lambru, Giorgio ^a   Matharu, Manjit S ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cluster headache; headache; hemicrania continua; migraine; Neuromodulation; occipital nerve stimulation; SUNA; SUNCT

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GABAPENTIN; INDOMETACIN; LAMOTRIGINE; MELATONIN; MEXILETINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PREGABALIN; TOPIRAMATE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANTINOCICEPTION; CHRONIC DAILY HEADACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CLUSTER HEADACHE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTRODE; HEADACHE; HEMICRANIA CONTINUA; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR; INFECTION; INFERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; MIGRAINE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NERVE STIMULATION; NEURALGIA; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OCCIPITAL NERVE STIMULATION; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SAFETY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PULSE GENERATOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SECONDARY HEADACHE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SHORT LASTING NEURALGIFORM HEADACHE ATTACK WITH AUTONOMIC SYMPTOM; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SUNCT SYNDROME; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 84858246312     PISSN: 17562856     EISSN: 17562864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1756285611420903     Document Type: Review

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