The treatment of medically intractable trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia with supraorbital/supratrochlear stimulation: A retrospective case series

Neuromodulation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 374-380

  Vaisman, Julien ^a   Markley, Herbert ^b   Ordia, Joe ^a   Deer, Timothy ^c  

^a Pain and Wellness Center   (United States)

^b New England Regional Headache Center   (United States)

^c Center for Pain Relief   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster headaches; peripheral nerve stimulation; supraorbital nerve; supratrochlear nerve; trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REIMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN SCAR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUPRAORBITAL NERVE STIMULATION; SUPRATROCHLEAR NERVE STIMULATION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIGEMINAL AUTONOMIC CEPHALALGIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORK CAPACITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL AUTONOMIC CEPHALALGIAS; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 84864698617     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: 15251403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2012.00455.x     Document Type: Article

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