Outcome of trigeminal nerve section in the treatment of chronic cluster headache

Chronic cluster headache accounts for 10 to 15% of all patients with cluster headache and is often resistant to medical management. The authors followed 17 patients with intractable chronic cluster headache who underwent trigeminal nerve section. They found that trigeminal nerve section is an effect...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Neurology 2003-04, Vol.60 (8), p.1360-1362
Hauptverfasser:	JARRAR, R. G, BLACK, D. F, DODICK, D. W, DAVIS, D. H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Analgesics - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Catheter Ablation Cluster Headache - drug therapy Cluster Headache - surgery Combined Modality Therapy Follow-Up Studies Humans Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Neurology Recurrence Retrospective Studies Smoking Treatment Outcome Trigeminal Nerve - surgery Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system
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Zusammenfassung:	Chronic cluster headache accounts for 10 to 15% of all patients with cluster headache and is often resistant to medical management. The authors followed 17 patients with intractable chronic cluster headache who underwent trigeminal nerve section. They found that trigeminal nerve section is an effective treatment with acceptable morbidity for a carefully selected group of patients.
ISSN:	0028-3878 1526-632X
DOI:	10.1212/01.WNL.0000055902.23139.16