Migraine Surgery A Clinical Guide to Theory and Practice /

• Main Author: Muehlberger, Thomas (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Plastic surgery.; Neurology .; Pain medicine.; Plastic Surgery.; Neurology.; Pain Medicine.

Migraine surgery is the only existing treatment option that can lead to a permanent symptomatic improvement. Surgical techniques and advances in the understanding of the underlying mechanisms are evolving rapidly. This book intends to familiarise surgeons with the concept of migraine headaches and e...

Table of Contents:

• Theory: What is migraine?
• Myths and Misperception
• Pathophysiology of migraine
• History of migraine surgery
• How does migraine surgery work?. Current scientific evidence
• Interdisciplinary approach. Practice: Course of treatment
• Patient selection
• The Botox test
• PREEMPT vs Decompression
• The surgery (nose, temple, neck, forehead)
• Follow-up
• Controversy
• Perspective. .