Burst Occipital Nerve Stimulation for Chronic Migraine and Chronic Cluster Headache.

Rodrigo Garcia-OrtegaTamara EdwardsLiz MoirTipu Z AzizAlexander L GreenJames J FitzGerald

Published in: Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society (2019)

Paraesthesia is not necessary for good quality analgesia in ONS. Larger studies will be required to determine whether the efficacies of the two stimulation modes differ. Burst ONS is imperceptible and therefore potentially amenable to robustly blinded clinical trials.

Keyphrases

clinical trial
high frequency
pain management
study protocol
ultrasound guided
open label
placebo controlled
postoperative pain