Interventional Management of Head and Face Pain

Nerve Blocks and Beyond

Editor: Samer Narouze MD, PhD

• First book on interventional management of head and face pain
• Edited and written by world class authorities
• Full range of procedures, from nerve blocks for head and face pain to peripheral and central neuromodulation
• Practical, step-by-step guidance for performing each procedure

This is the first book on interventional management of intractable, medically resistant head and face pain. It is edited and written by world-class leaders in headache medicine and features practical presentations of the entire spectrum of procedures, from simple to complex. Designed to help shorten the learning curve of practitioners who are beginning to use interventional headache procedures, it provides guidance in identifying patients who are appropriate candidates for this approach and includes a unique compilation of outcomes-based algorithms for different headache and face pain syndromes.

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Chapter: Headache Classifications and Medically Resistant Headaches

Alexander Feoktistov MD, PhD

This chapter reviews the history of migraine headaches and development of the first headache classification. The most current international classification of headache disorders is reviewed with the main focus being around those headache types that frequently represent therapeutic challenges. Key symptoms that may guide the practitioner in the diagnostic process of these headache conditions are discussed with special attention devoted to the medically resistant headaches. This chapter will discuss diagnostic challenges and commonly suggested diagnostic criteria that should be helpful in deciding when it should be appropriate to refer patient to a headache specialist and when to apply an interventional treatment strategy.

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