Electrical stimulation in headache treatment. For separate headache(s) or for headache generally?

Sjaastad, Ottar and Fredriksen, Torbjørn and Jørgensen, Jan V. (2009) Electrical stimulation in headache treatment. For separate headache(s) or for headache generally? Functional Neurology; New Trends in Interventional Neurosciences, 24 (1). pp. 53-59. ISSN 1971-3274

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Abstract

Two cases of unilateral, severe headache were treated with epidural/epicranial electrical stimulation, with an immediate and most favorable response. One patient suffered from cervicogenic headache (CEH), while the headache in the other one showed some similarity to Hemicrania continua (HC): unilaterality and some localized, ipsilateral autonomic phenomena. But, there were also sufficient features to alienate this picture decisively from HC: poor response to indomethacin and, frequently, excruciatingly severe pain In the CEH patient, the electrode was anchored at the posterior, bony end of the foramen magnum. In case 2, it was placed above and anterior to the symptomatic side ear, i.e. at the point of maximal pain. The headache in the latter patient may be termed: “non-indomethacin-responsive chronic hemicrania”, which may not be a rare headache. In both patients, the spectacular improvement has continued for the whole post-operative period, i.e. for around five years and 11 months, respectively

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cervicogenic headache, epidural electrical stimulation, epicranial electrical stimulation, hemicrania continua
Subjects:	600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) > 616.8 Malattie del sistema nervoso e disturbi mentali (Classificare qui la Neuropsichiatria, la Neurologia)
Depositing User:	Danilo Dezzi
Date Deposited:	28 Feb 2012 07:09
Last Modified:	28 Feb 2012 07:09
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/3595

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