The role of occipital artery resection in the surgical treatment of occipital migraine headaches

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Chmielewski, Lauren ^a   Liu, Mengyuan T ^a   Guyuron, Bahman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875040762     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31827c6f71     Document Type: Review

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