Postoperative headache following acoustic neuroma resection: Occipital nerve injuries are associated with a treatable occipital neuralgia

Headache

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1136-1145

  Ducic, Ivica ^a   Felder Iii, John M ^a   Endara, Matthew ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic neuroma; headache; nerve injury; occipital neuralgia; peripheral nerve surgery; postoperative headache

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NEURALGIA; OCCIPITAL NERVE INJURY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; NEURALGIA; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NERVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863725181     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2011.02068.x     Document Type: Article

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