Migraine Surgery : A Clinical Guide to Theory and Practice / by Thomas Muehlberger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muehlberger, Thomas, author.

Contributor:

SpringerLink (Online service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine.

Neurology.

Pain medicine.

Surgery, Plastic.

Medicine & Public Health.

Plastic Surgery.

Pain Medicine.

Local Subjects:

Medicine & Public Health.

Plastic Surgery.

Neurology.

Pain Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (X, 283 pages 110 illustrations, 100 illustrations in color)

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

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 explains the surgical deactivation of trigger sites, which consists of much more than the decompression of pericranial nerves. The traditional notion of the brain as the sole origin of migraine is supplanted by a concept where the alteration of afferent signals in conjunction with peripheral and central sensitization can trigger a migraine attack. Migraine surgery targets the crucial role of extracranial tissues in the genesis of migraine which is corroborated by substantial clinical, anatomical and pathophysiological evidence.

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. .

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

9783319781174

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.