The ALblation Technique for Treating Migraine Headache

Purpose This work aims at describing a technique “The ALblation technique” for treating migraine headache. This technique describes radiofrequency ablation for supraorbital, supratrochlear, lesser occipital and greater occipital nerves bilaterally for treating migraine headache. This is a novel proc...

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Published in:Current pain and headache reports 2020-06, Vol.24 (6), p.29-29, Article 29
Main Author: Abd-Elsayed, Alaa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ablation
Adult
Female
Headaches
Humans
Internal Medicine
Invited Commentary
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Migraine
Migraine Disorders - complications
Migraine Disorders - diagnosis
Migraine Disorders - therapy
Pain
Pain Management - methods
Pain Measurement - methods
Pain Medicine
Radiofrequency Ablation - methods
Young Adult
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Summary:Purpose This work aims at describing a technique “The ALblation technique” for treating migraine headache. This technique describes radiofrequency ablation for supraorbital, supratrochlear, lesser occipital and greater occipital nerves bilaterally for treating migraine headache. This is a novel procedure that was not described before. Recent findings Author published some articles on radiofrequency ablation for the pericranial nerves for treating different types of headache with consistent positive outcomes. Success of this procedure depends on identifying the appropriate nerves to treat the headache and associated neuralgia.
ISSN:1531-3433
1534-3081
DOI:10.1007/s11916-020-00861-z