David Megee, MD, a UC Health plastic and reconstructive surgeon, now offers nerve decompression surgery for long-term relief from chronic migraine headaches. The procedure—which involves using ...

In total, 259 migraine headache decompression surgeries were performed on patients with frontal, occipital, or temporal migraine trigger sites between June 2011 and May 2019.

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Facial nerve decompression procedure involves regular lab tests with a complete medical, surgical history, avoidance of blood thinners and NSAIDs before surgery. It is performed using the ...

However, many neurologists remain unconvinced. "Headache surgery is a viable alternative for complex patients who have failed medical management and who could benefit from this treatment approach.

Life was not good, Holm, now 23, remembers. Last December, that changed, however, when he underwent a new surgery, Occipital neuralgia decompression, and was cured.

MINNEAPOLIS — Patients with occipital headache experienced relief with 60 days of peripheral nerve stimulation, according to data presented at the American Headache Society 67th Annual ...

Nerve-decompression surgery in diabetic peripheral neuropathy is considered "unproven" and is not reimbursed, but when these stronger data are published, this may change.