ReviewCurrent pain and headache reports2021
Neurostimulation Treatment in Chronic Cluster Headache-a Narrative Review.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Resonance massage tool effects in non-migraine headache management.Journal of oral & facial pain and headache · 2025Trial
- Interventional neuromodulation techniques for cervicogenic headache.Journal of anesthesia and translational medicine · 2025Article
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- Ultrasound guided pulsed radiofrequency neuromodulation of sphenopalatine ganglion treatment for allergic rhinitis in childern: A case report.Clinical case reports · 2024Article
- Neuromodulation Techniques for Headache Management.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- The World Health Organization Intersectoral Global Action Plan on Epilepsy and Other Neurological Disorders and the headache revolution: from headache burden to a global action plan for headache disorders.The journal of headache and pain · 2024Review
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Abstract
purpose of reviewIn this narrative review, the current literature on neurostimulation methods in the treatment of chronic cluster headache is evaluated. These neurostimulation methods include deep brain stimulation, vagus nerve stimulation, greater occipital nerve stimulation, sphenopalatine ganglion stimulation, transcranial magnetic stimulation, transcranial direct current stimulation, supraorbital nerve stimulation, and cervical spinal cord stimulation. RECENT
findingsAltogether, only nVNS and SPG stimulation are supported by at least one positive sham-controlled clinical trial for preventive and acute attack (only SPG stimulation) treatment. Other clinical trials either did not control at all or controlled by differences in the stimulation technique itself but not by a sham-control. Case series report higher responder rates. The evidence for these neurostimulation methods in the treatment of chronic cluster headache is poor and in part contradictive. However, except deep brain stimulation, tolerability and safety of these methods are good so that in refractory situations application might be justified in individual cases.
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