Active Occipital Motion with Digipressure as Preoperative Screening in Migraine Surgery
Edoardo Raposio,
Giorgio Raposio,
Ilaria Baldelli
et al.
Abstract:Background:
Modern surgical therapy of chronic headaches/migraines is essentially based on the release/neurolysis of extracranial nerves, which, when compressed or inflamed, act as trigger points and, as such, trigger headache attacks. The aim of this article was to describe a novel maneuver we use as an aid in the preoperative planning of occipital trigger sites.
Methods:
In the period of January 2021–September 2023, we operated on 32 patients (11 men,… Show more
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