Headache characteristics and postoperative course in Chiari I malformation.
Dennis C ThunstedtMichael SchmutzerMatthias P FabritiusJun ThorsteinsdottirMathias KunzRuth RuscheweyhAndreas StraubePublished in: Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache (2022)
Decompression was effective in Chiari I malformation-related cough headache. Atypical headache responded less well, and the causal relation with Chiari I malformation remains uncertain. For atypical headache, decompression should only be considered after failed appropriate preventive therapy and within an interdisciplinary approach involving a neurologist.