TY - CHAP
T1 - Occipital nerve stimulation
T2 - Technical and surgical aspects of implantation
AU - Trentman, Terrence L.
AU - Zimmerman, Richard S.
AU - Dodick, David W.
PY - 2011/12/1
Y1 - 2011/12/1
N2 - Occipital nerve stimulation may provide pain relief for patients with otherwise refractory primary headache disorders. While this treatment modality remains an off-label use of spinal cord stimulator technology, a growing body of literature documents surgical techniques, stimulation parameters, complications, and outcome of this novel form of neuromodulation. This chapter will review occipital nerve stimulation, including surgical techniques and complications noted in the literature. A discussion of stimulation parameters used for occipital stimulation will be included. Prospective, blinded studies of occipital nerve stimulation may clarify the role of occipital stimulation in chronic headache management.
AB - Occipital nerve stimulation may provide pain relief for patients with otherwise refractory primary headache disorders. While this treatment modality remains an off-label use of spinal cord stimulator technology, a growing body of literature documents surgical techniques, stimulation parameters, complications, and outcome of this novel form of neuromodulation. This chapter will review occipital nerve stimulation, including surgical techniques and complications noted in the literature. A discussion of stimulation parameters used for occipital stimulation will be included. Prospective, blinded studies of occipital nerve stimulation may clarify the role of occipital stimulation in chronic headache management.
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U2 - 10.1159/000323043
DO - 10.1159/000323043
M3 - Chapter
C2 - 21422780
AN - SCOPUS:83355160964
SN - 9783805594882
T3 - Progress in Neurological Surgery
SP - 96
EP - 108
BT - Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
A2 - Slavin, Konstantin
ER -