Atlas of Surgical Therapy for Migraine and Tension-Type Headache

Description:

The approaches to the complex field of chronic headache are rapidly evolving; accordingly, this timely and well-illustrated volume offers an in-depth description of all currently available surgical options for the treatment of migraine and headache (MH). With more than 300 high-quality figures, and written by an international panel of experts, this first edition of the Atlas of Surgical Therapy for Migraine and Tension-Type Headache, provides detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to perform state-of-the-art MH surgical techniques, while reviewing relevant anatomical issues and their implications for treatment. In light of the interdisciplinary nature of migraine treatment, this book will prove an invaluable resource for MH practitioners from the resident plastic surgeon to the neurosurgeon and neurologist, and health care professionals across various fields of clinical medicine.  

Table of Contents:

1. General Concepts and Historical Notes

2. Surgical Anatomy of the Vascularization and Innervation of the Human Scalp

3. Surgical Anatomy of Craniofacial Nerves Regarding Migraine Surgery

4. Anatomy of the Supraorbital Region

5. Anatomy of the Greater Occipital Nerve Compression Site in Migraine Surgery

6. Three-Dimensional CT Angiograms in the Planning of Vascular Surgery for Migraine and Cluster Headache

7. Botulinum Neurotoxin: Basic Facts, Physiology and Pharmacology

8. Anatomical, Regional, Targeted (ART) Botulinum Toxin Injection for Migraine and Chronic Headaches

9. Deactivation of Frontal Trigger Sites

10. Decompression Endoscopic Surgery for Frontal Secondary Headache Attributed to Supraorbital and Supratrochlear Nerve Entrapment: The Utrecht Experience

11. D-Knife Decompression Technique (DDT): Amirlak Modification of Endoscopic SON Decompression

12. Surgery for Rhinosinusitis and Rhinogenic Headache

13. Deactivation of Temporal Trigger Sites

14. Direct Approach for Auriculotemporal Nerve Decompression, Amirlak Modification

15. Direct Lateral Canthal (DLC) Approach to the Zygomaticotemporal Branch of the Trigeminal Nerve (Hamawy-Amirlak Technique)

16. The Use of Fat Grafting for Chronic Headache of Cervical Origin Treatment

17. Deactivation of Occipital Trigger Sites

18. Amirlak Modification of Site 4 Decompression: Endoscopic Assisted Decompression of the Greater Occipital