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Peripheral Neuromodulation on the Refractory Headache Disorders

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Peripheral Interventional Management in Headache

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In the field of chronic headache, there are a high number of patients with failure of pharmacological treatment; in these cases neuromodulation would have a remarkable role. Interest in neuromodulation is increasing in recent years. Several techniques have been tested in clinical trials with hopeful results, and some of them are already being used in daily clinical practice effectively. Invasive methods of stimulation, such as occipital nerve stimulation or sphenopalatine ganglion stimulation, would be reserved for patients with very severe and treatment refractory headache. On the other hand, supraorbital transcutaneous stimulation or vagus nerve stimulation is noninvasive methods that could serve as useful adjuncts to more conventional therapies. We review the results of the clinical trials and the possible indications of these techniques, as well as the results of recent studies with new approaches.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Hospital Clínico Univesitario, Valencia, Spain

    Miguel J. A. Láinez & Jésica García-Ull

  2. Department of Neurology, Universidad Católica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

    Miguel J. A. Láinez

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  1. School of Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey

    Aynur Özge

  2. Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Neurology Department, Istanbul, Turkey

    Derya Uludüz

  3. Department of Neurology, Gulhane Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey

    Ömer Karadaş

  4. Medical Faculty, Gazi University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey

    Hayrunnisa Bolay

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Láinez, M.J.A., García-Ull, J. (2019). Peripheral Neuromodulation on the Refractory Headache Disorders. In: Özge, A., Uludüz, D., Karadaş, Ö., Bolay, H. (eds) Peripheral Interventional Management in Headache. Headache. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10853-3_14

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