Efficacy and safety of 121 injections of the greater occipital nerve in episodic and chronic cluster headache

Cephalalgia

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 630-634

  Gantenbein, Andreas R ^a   Lutz, Nina J ^a   Riederer, Franz ^a   Sándor, Peter S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Neurorehabilitation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cluster headache; episodic and chronic; greater occipital nerve; occipital nerve block; safety and efficacy; treatment

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; LITHIUM; METHYSERGIDE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VERAPAMIL;

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CHRONIC CLUSTER HEADACHE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPISODIC CLUSTER HEADACHE; EYE DISEASE; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREATER OCCIPITAL NERVE; HEART PALPITATION; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP DISORDER; SYNCOPE; THRUSH; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CLUSTER HEADACHE; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP DISORDERS; SPINAL NERVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866258448     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102412443335     Document Type: Article

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