Migraine Surgery
Published on 1. April 2017
Book
Mixed media product
224 pages
978-1-4987-2841-6 (ISBN)
Description
Migraine surgery is definitely a hot topic in the plastic surgery world. This book focuses on the surgical treatment of migraines through a procedure called nerve decompression surgery (migraine surgery), pioneered by Dr. Bahman Guyuron, the leading authority on migraine surgery. Of those receiving this treatment, somewhere between 80% to 92% of the patients reported a minimum 50% reduction in migraine headaches and roughly a third of the patients experienced complete elimination of the headaches.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Thieme Medical Publishers Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
"Both Figures and Text in Color", 100 farbige Zeichnungen, 150 farbige Abbildungen
150 colour illustrations, 100 colour line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4987-2841-6 (9781498728416)
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Person
Bahman Guyuron is chairman of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, and professor of plastic surgery at the CWRU School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Content
History of Migraine Surgery. An Overview of Migraine Headaches. Surgical Anatomy of Frontal and Occipital Trigger Site. Surgical Anatomy of the Temporal Migraine Headaches. Evidence Based Efficacy of Surgical Treatment of Migraine Headaches. The Role of CAT scans in Treatment of Migraine. Detection of Trigger Sites, Neurotoxins and Nerve Blocks. Surgical Treatment of Frontal Migraine Headaches. Surgical Treatment of Temporal Migraine Headaches. Surgical Treatment of Rhinogenic Migraine Headaches. Surgical Treatment of Occipital Migraine Headaches. Surgical Treatment of Auticotemporal Migraine Headaches. Surgical Treatment of Lesser Occipital Migraine Headaches. Surgical Treatment of Rare Migraine Headaches. Results and Outcomes. Management of Complications.