Category: migraine surgery

Chronic Occipital Migraine Headaches – Outcomes of Surgical Treatment

Pain coming from the occipital nerve (occipital neuralgia) is a very disabling disorder that is marked by fairly severe headaches coming from the back of the head forward. I personally know several very good physicians with this problem and they often have to miss work and take a lot of pain and headache medications Read More…

Endoscopic Glabellar Muscle Resection for Cosmetic and Migraine Improvement

Frowning is a very common human facial movement that can indicate a variety of expressive emotions. Most commonly, it suggests concern, concentration and even anger. As the eyebrows move closer together, a pair of vertical lines or grooves develops between them. Known as glabellar furrows, these indentations start out as appearing only when one Read More…

Occipital Migraines – Management through Surgical Decompression of Trigger Points

Headaches or migraines coming from the occipital region (back of the head) is a chronic pain issue for some people that comes from numerous pathologies. The common origin is nerve inflammation (neuritis) and one potential cause is nerve compression from the surrounding muscle. This has now been identified as one potentially treatable occipital migraine Read More…

Botox, Surgical Decompression and Migraine Headache Relief

The treatment of migraine headache patients by Botox injections has been shown to be effective in specific patients who have identifiable triggers of the supraorbital and supratrochlear, zygomaticotemporal, greater occipital, and septal trigeminal nerves. The temporary relief from Botox has led to the concept that relieving pressure on the nerves by muscle resection (surgical Read More…