BACKGROUND Nerve decompression has been recently described as a therapy for migraine headaches. Multiple studies have demonstrated significant symptomatic relief or complete resolution of migraine symptoms in patients with surgical decompression. However, there is no study describing a causal relation between migraine headaches and nerve compression and resolution of symptoms with tumor removal...

This report describes a case of bilateral greater occipital neuralgia treated with cooled radiofrequency ablation. The case is considered in relation to a review of greater occipital neuralgia, continuous thermal and pulsed radiofrequency ablation, and current medical literature on cooled radiofrequency ablation. In this case, a 35-year-old female with a 2.5-year history of chronic suboccipital...

OBJECTIVE This report describes a case where pulsed radiofrequency lesioning (RFL) of the greater occipital nerve (GON) offered a valuable and safe treatment for the management of greater occipital neuralgia. The case is considered in relation to a review of the medical literature on greater occipital neuralgia and RFL interventions. CASE REPORT A 62-year-old man with a 43-year history of lef...

Occipital neuralgia (ON) is a relatively rare primary headache disorder (primary headache disorders are not symptoms of or caused by another condition) affecting around 3.2/100,000 people per year.1 The term “neuralgia” refers to pain in the distribution of a nerve, in this case the occipital nerves. The greater, lesser, and third occipital nerves originate from the upper cervical nerve roots, ...