Migraines affect 18% of women and 6% of men and result in an estimated $1 billion in
medical costs and $16 billion productivity loss in the United States annually. Migraine …

Migraine headaches cause significant suffering and disability at the national and global
levels. Headaches and migraines are leading causes of outpatient and emergency …

Background: Experts agree that nerve block (NB) response is an important tool in headache
surgery screening. However, the predictive value of NBs remains to be proven in a …

Background: The authors compared the reduction of migraine headache frequency, days,
severity, and duration after surgical decompression versus avulsion of the …

The senior author (BG) introduced the modern concept of migraine surgery in 2000. Since
then, over 40 articles have been published by eight centers across the US, Europe, and …

Background: Literature from the last decade has shown a correlation between resection of
the occipital muscles and vessels and relief from migraine and tension-type headaches …

Background: Recent clinical experience with migraine surgery has demonstrated both the
safety and the efficacy of operative decompression of the peripheral nerves in the face …

Understanding the history and evolution of ideas is key to developing an understanding of
complex phenomena and is the foundation for surgical innovation. This historical review on …

Background: Chronic migraines affect approximately 2 percent of the US population and
cost an estimated $17 billion per year. OnabotulinumtoxinA (botulinum toxin type A) is a US …

Methods: A literature search using PubMed, Medline, Cochrane and Google Scholar
database according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis …