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3D-Neuronavigation In Vivo Through a Patient's Brain During a Spontaneous Migraine Headache
Published on: June 2, 2014
Surgical Treatment of Migraine Headache: Back to the Future
Lisa Gfrerer1, Edoardo Raposio1, Ricardo Ortiz1
1From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School; and the Plastic Surgery Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma.
Abstract:
Understanding the history and evolution of ideas is key to developing an understanding of complex phenomena and is the foundation for surgical innovation. This historical review on migraine surgery takes us back to the beginnings of interventional management for migraine centuries ago, and reflects on present practices to highlight how far we have come. From Al-Zahrawi and Ambroise Paré to Bahman Guyuron, two common themes of the past and present have emerged in the treatment of migraine headache. Extracranial treatment of both nerves and vessels is being performed and analyzed, with no consensus among current practitioners as to which structure is involved. Knowledge of past theories and new insights will help guide our efforts in the future. One thing is clear: Where we are going, there are no roads. At least not yet.
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