COMBINATION OF TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION (TENS) AND OCCIPITAL NERVE BLOCK IN REFRACTORY CLUSTER HEADACHE

Cluster headache (CH) can be extremely resistant to medical treatment. There are no prognostic signs that can previously determent persistence and resistance to medical treatment. We report on medical treatment-resistant cluster headache that relieved with transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation t...

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Main Author: Hakan Silek
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Language:English
Published: Association of medical doctors Sanamed Novi Pazar 2019-12-01
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Online Access:http://www.sanamed.rs/OJS/index.php/Sanamed/article/view/356/187
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description Cluster headache (CH) can be extremely resistant to medical treatment. There are no prognostic signs that can previously determent persistence and resistance to medical treatment. We report on medical treatment-resistant cluster headache that relieved with transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation treatment followed with occipital nerve block (ONB) method. A 39-year-old male patient that was diagnosed with a cluster headache that was resistant to a combination of the highest tolerated drug dose of verapamil, valproic acid, and oral methylprednisolone. Due to its resistance to medical treatment for one month, in addition, treatment with transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation and following (ONB) showed sudden and permanent control of headache.
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spelling doaj.art-1aa73b6a39544f9da39cdfddc6d45af32024-03-02T18:45:56ZengAssociation of medical doctors Sanamed Novi PazarSanamed1452-662X2217-81712019-12-0114328328510.24125/sanamed.v14i3.356COMBINATION OF TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION (TENS) AND OCCIPITAL NERVE BLOCK IN REFRACTORY CLUSTER HEADACHEHakan Silek0Yeditepe University, Department of Neurology, Istanbul, TurkeyCluster headache (CH) can be extremely resistant to medical treatment. There are no prognostic signs that can previously determent persistence and resistance to medical treatment. We report on medical treatment-resistant cluster headache that relieved with transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation treatment followed with occipital nerve block (ONB) method. A 39-year-old male patient that was diagnosed with a cluster headache that was resistant to a combination of the highest tolerated drug dose of verapamil, valproic acid, and oral methylprednisolone. Due to its resistance to medical treatment for one month, in addition, treatment with transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation and following (ONB) showed sudden and permanent control of headache.http://www.sanamed.rs/OJS/index.php/Sanamed/article/view/356/187cluster headachenerve blocktranscutaneous electric nerve stimulationrefractory cluster headacheoccipital nerve
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COMBINATION OF TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION (TENS) AND OCCIPITAL NERVE BLOCK IN REFRACTORY CLUSTER HEADACHE
Sanamed
cluster headache
nerve block
transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation
refractory cluster headache
occipital nerve
title COMBINATION OF TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION (TENS) AND OCCIPITAL NERVE BLOCK IN REFRACTORY CLUSTER HEADACHE
title_full COMBINATION OF TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION (TENS) AND OCCIPITAL NERVE BLOCK IN REFRACTORY CLUSTER HEADACHE
title_fullStr COMBINATION OF TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION (TENS) AND OCCIPITAL NERVE BLOCK IN REFRACTORY CLUSTER HEADACHE
title_full_unstemmed COMBINATION OF TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION (TENS) AND OCCIPITAL NERVE BLOCK IN REFRACTORY CLUSTER HEADACHE
title_short COMBINATION OF TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION (TENS) AND OCCIPITAL NERVE BLOCK IN REFRACTORY CLUSTER HEADACHE
title_sort combination of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation tens and occipital nerve block in refractory cluster headache
topic cluster headache
nerve block
transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation
refractory cluster headache
occipital nerve
url http://www.sanamed.rs/OJS/index.php/Sanamed/article/view/356/187
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