Treatment of chronic cluster headache with burst and tonic occipital nerve stimulation: A case series.
Ida Stisen Fogh-AndersenJens Christian Hedemann SørensenRigmor Hoejland JensenAnne Lene KnudsenKaare MeierPublished in: Headache (2023)
Occipital nerve stimulation significantly reduced the number of weekly headache attacks and their intensity. Burst ONS seems to function well alone or as a supplement to conventional tonic ONS as a preventive treatment for CCH; however, larger prospective studies are needed to determine whether the effect can be confirmed and whether the efficacy of the two stimulation paradigms is even.