BookAynur Özge, Derya Uludüz, Ömer Karadaş, Hayrunnisa Bolay, editors.
Summary: This book discusses interventional treatment options on intractable (drug resistant) headache patients and extended headache attacks and extensively reviews the reasons behind treatment failure in intractable headaches, offering potential solutions based on clinical black holes of headache outpatient practice. The most appropriate interventions for certain types of headache such as chronic migraine and medication-overuse headaches, are discussed among others. The book provides practical advice on properly administering the interventional treatments either as a bridge treatments or prophylaxis options. The expected complications of the treatments, and strategies to minimize them are also discussed. Approaches in special patient populations such as pediatric or pregnancy cases and other non-standard cases are also extensively discussed.
Contents:
Intro; Foreword; Preface; Contents; Contributors; List of Videos;
Chapter 1: Introduction to Interventional Procedures; Timing and Patient Selection; 1.1 About Headache; 1.2 Management; 1.3 Interventional Techniques; References;
Chapter 2: Headache Anatomy and Mechanisms of Peripheral Nerve Interventions; 2.1 Transmission of Nociception from Peripheral Structures; 2.2 Convergence of Peripheral Inputs on Second-Order Neurons; 2.3 Projections to the Thalamus; 2.4 Projections to the Brainstem and Hypothalamus; 2.5 Sphenopalatine Ganglion; 2.6 The Vagus Nerve and Parasympathetic Efferents 2.7 Antinociceptive ProjectionsReferences;
Chapter 3: Pharmacology of Interventional Headache Management; 3.1 Local Anesthetics; 3.1.1 Mechanism of Action; 3.1.2 Recommended Doses; 3.1.3 Side Effects; 3.2 Corticosteroids; 3.2.1 Mechanism of Action; 3.2.2 Recommended Doses; 3.2.3 Side Effects; 3.3 Botulinum Toxin; 3.3.1 Mechanism of Action; 3.3.2 BoNT Preparations; 3.3.3 Efficacy; 3.3.4 Immunogenicity; 3.3.5 Side Effects; 3.3.6 Contraindications; 3.3.7 Recommended Doses; References;
Chapter 4: Greater Occipital Nerve and Lesser Occipital Nerve Blocks 4.1 GON and LON Blocks for the Treatment of Various Headache Types4.1.1 Cluster Headache; 4.1.2 Migraine; 4.1.3 Occipital Neuralgia; 4.1.4 Postdural Puncture Headache; 4.2 Treatment Intervals and the Drugs; 4.3 Outcome; 4.4 Side Effects; 4.5 Contraindications; 4.6 Personal Comments; References;
Chapter 5: The Role of Other Peripheral Nerve Blocks; 5.1 Nerve Blocks; 5.1.1 Auriculotemporal Nerve Block; 5.1.2 Supratrochlear Nerve Block; 5.1.3 Supraorbital Nerve Block; 5.1.4 Infraorbital Nerve Block; 5.1.5 Mental Nerve Block; 5.1.6 Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block; 5.1.7 Cervical Root Block
Chapter 7: The Role of Interventional Procedures in Childhood and Adolescent Headaches-Peripheral Neuromodulation7.1 Greater Occipital Nerve Block; 7.1.1 Selection of Patients; 7.1.2 Contraindications for GON Block; 7.1.3 GON Block Procedure; 7.1.4 Response to Treatment; 7.2 Greater Occipital Nerve Stimulation; 7.3 Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation: Supraorbital Branch; 7.4 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; References;
Chapter 8: Interventional Headache Management in The Elderly; 8.1 Botulinum Toxin (BonT) Treatment; 8.2 Peripheral Nerve Blocks; References