• Curr Pain Headache Rep · Mar 2020

    Radiofrequency Ablation for Treating Headache: a Follow-up Study.

    • Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Cody Falls, and Susan Luo.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 600 Highland Avenue, B6/319 CSC, Madison, WI, 53792-3272, USA. alaaawny@hotmail.com.
    • Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2020 Mar 12; 24 (4): 15.

    Purpose Of ReviewTo identify the efficacy of radiofrequency ablation of pericranial nerves in treating headache.Recent FindingsRecent studies by the same group showed promising results in treating headache using radiofrequency ablation. Pericranial nerves can be a therapeutic target for treating headache. Our results showed efficacy of radiofrequency ablation. More studies using other modalities as neuromodulation are needed and may show efficacy as well.

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