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Published on: May 10, 2017
Peripheral occipital nerve stimulation to treat chronic refractory migraine
Keyoumars Ashkan1, Andrew Dowson
1Department of Neurosurgery, King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS. k.ashkan@nhs.net
British Journal of Hospital Medicine (London, England : 2005)
|February 16, 2013
Abstract:
Peripheral nerve stimulation of the occipital nerve has a favourable efficacy to safety profile for chronic migraine, which is notoriously difficult to treat. This article covers the rationale, surgical procedure and clinical data for this treatment option.

