Migraine Surgery

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Antonios Mammis, MD (Editor)
Department of Neurological Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, NJ, US

Series: Neuroscience Research Progress
BISAC: MED057000

Chronic migraine is a condition which is both prevalent and disabling, and which has a great impact on society as a whole. The accurate diagnosis, workup, and treatment of a migraine requires a multidisciplinary approach, involving primary care physicians, neurologists, pain management specialists, mental health specialists, alternative medicine practitioners, and surgeons. Across the spectrum of migraine patients, the most challenging are those deemed refractory to conventional therapy. These patients may be surgical candidates, and are best served in a multidisciplinary, patient-centered model of migraine care.

Migraine Surgery should serve as a reference to any practitioner dealing with the migraine patient. The fundamentals of migraine diagnosis and workup are reviewed, in addition to conventional therapies. We review the medical optimization of the migraine patient, and establish what it means to have an intractable migraine. We discuss the role of the allied health professions in the management of chronic migraines, with chapters on psychological considerations, complementary medical management, and exercise. Furthermore, the standard interventional treatment of migraines is presented, in addition to surgical therapies, with an emphasis on patient selection, surgical technique, and complication avoidance.

I hope this book serves to improve the care of the migraine patient, while providing a beacon of hope to intractable migraine patients, their caretakers, and medical providers. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical)

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

About the Editor

Contributors

Chapter 1 – History of Migraine Surgery (pp. 1-26)
Rachid Assina and Christina E. Sarris (Department of Neurological Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, US)

Chapter 2 – Fundamentals of Migraine (pp. 27-44)
Annapoorna Bhat and David Marks (Department of Neurology and Neurosciences, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, US)

Chapter 3 – Medical Optimization of the Migraine Patient: What is Refractory Migraine? (pp. 45-58)
Shelly Sharma, Peter Y. Shin and Vanny Le (Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School, NJ, US)

Chapter 4 – Psychological Considerations in the Migraine Patient (pp. 59-90)
Elizabeth K. Seng, Sarah Jo Mayson, Nomita Sonty, Traci Stein, Patricia Tsui, Sascha Qian and Dawn Buse (Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, US)

Chapter 5 – Interventional Treatment of Migraine 1: Botox – Trigger Point Injections (pp. 91-96)
Anthony Sifonios and Vanny Le (Department of Anesthesiology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, US)

Chapter 6 – Interventional Treatment of Migraine 2: Nerve Blocks (pp. 97-104)
Sam Nia, Antonio Gonzalez-Fiol and Anthony Sifonios (Department of Anesthesiology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, US)

Chapter 7 – Decompression Procedures (pp. 105-120)
Adam M. Feintisch, Edward S. Lee and Mark S. Granick (Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, US)

Chapter 8 – Neuromodulation Therapies for Headache (pp. 121-130)
Antonios Mammis and Nitin Agarwal (Department of Neurological Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, US and others)

Chapter 9 – Patient Selection and Complication Avoidance in Occipital Nerve Stimulation (pp. 131-138)
Nrupen Baxi and Alon Mogilner (Center for Neuromodulation Department of Neurosurgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, NY, US)

Chapter 10 – Deep Brain Stimulation for Refractory Headache Disorders (pp. 139-152)
Saurabh Sinha and Shabbar F. Danish (Division of Neurosurgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, US)

Chapter 11 – Migraine and Movement Disorders (pp. 153-168)
Tasneem Peeraully (Department of Neurology and Neurosciences, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ)

Chapter 12 – Migraine and Exercise (pp. 169-172)
Katherine J. Zehr (Synergy Fitness Clubs, NY, US)

Chapter 13 – Alternative and Complementary Treatments (pp. 173-188)
Jennifer Gyi, BranDee N. Gentile and Dennis Grech (Department of Neurological Surgery, and Department of Anesthesiology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, US)

Chapter 14 – The Business and Economics of Migraine Surgery (pp. 189-202)
Aaron F. Hajart and Michelle Armonda (Rutgers Neurological Institute of New Jersey, NJ, US)

Index

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