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Botox, Nerve Blocks & Surgery For Migraine Headaches

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Physicians (and patients) may find these articles helpful in learning more about the science behind what we offer, and in determining whether to send their patients to our office for evaluation.  Please also feel free to email or call us with any questions.

Research Articles
Botulinum Toxin and Migraine Surgery

Having observed the safe use of botulinum toxin A (Botox; Allergan, Inc., Irvine, Calif.) in craniofacial patients for correction of strabismus by ophthalmology colleagues... read more

Corrugator Supercilii Muscle Resection and Migraine Headaches

This study was conducted to determine whether there is an association between the removal of the corrugator supercilii muscle and the elimination or significant improvement of migraine headaches... read more

Posttraumatic Headache: Surgical Management of Supraorbital Neuralgia

Supraorbital neuralgia is a distinct clinical entity that presents with episodic, often unilateral, long-lasting attacks of moderate to severe frontal pain. This may ensue following a traumatic or surgical insult to the supraorbital or supratrochlear nerve. ... read more

The Lesser and Third Occipital Nerves and Migraine Headaches

Reports of a correlation between relief of migraine headaches and resection of corrugator muscles or injection of botulinum A toxin have renewed interest in finding the cause of migraine headaches and identifying the trigger sites... read more

Surgical Treatment of Migraine Headaches by Corrugator Muscle Resection

The authors, a plastic surgeon (Dirnberger) and a neurologist (Becker), conducted this study after reading the article by of Bahman Guyuron et al. in the August 2000 issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (106: 429, 2000)... read more

Surgical Treatment of Migraine Headaches

This prospective study was conducted to investigate the role of removal of corrugator supercilii muscles, transection of the zygomaticotemporal branch of the trigeminal nerve, and temple soft-tissue repositioning in the treatment of migraine headaches... read more

The Anatomy of the Greater Occipital Nerve: Implications for the Etiology of Migraine Headaches

An interest in pursuing new theories of the underlying etiology of migraine headaches has been sparked by previously published reports of an association between amelioration of migraine headache symptoms and corrugator resection during endoscopic brow lift... read more

 

 

 

 

 

 
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