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Surgical Anatomy of Craniofacial Nerves Regarding Migraine Surgery

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Atlas of Surgical Therapy for Migraine and Tension-Type Headache

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Compressed craniofacial nerves might be involved in the pathogenesis of migraine headache, supported by the efficiency of botulinum toxin injections as a new treatment option in migraine headache patients. With regard to surgical, clinically applied anatomy, macroscopic dissections of alcohol glycerine and formalin-embalmed specimens have been made and possible “nerve trigger sites” of craniofacial nerves, in particular of the supraorbital, the supratrochlear, the greater and lesser occipital, and the auriculotemporal and the zygomaticotemporal nerves, were investigated. The courses of the nerves were defined and the interaction with possible anatomical structures leading to a possible entrapment and/or compression is described. New possible compression points concerning these craniofacial nerves have been discovered, and previously described trigger sites have been verified.

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The author wants to thank all individuals who donate their bodies and tissues for the advancement of education and research and further Mrs. Marit Zwierzina, MD, Mrs. Valeria Berchtold, MD, and Herbert Maurer, MD, for their help processing the figures and the dissections.

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    Marko Konschake

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Konschake, M. (2020). Surgical Anatomy of Craniofacial Nerves Regarding Migraine Surgery. In: Raposio, E. (eds) Atlas of Surgical Therapy for Migraine and Tension-Type Headache. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29505-9_3

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