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Friday, October, 23, 2009

Cerebral Hemorrhage Prognosis

Health Encyclopedia: Headaches: Cluster Surgery

Surgery


Surgical intervention may be considered for patients with chronic cluster headaches that do not respond to treatments. Patients whose headaches have not gone into remission for at least a year may also be candidates for surgery. Most surgical approaches for cluster headache are still considered experimental. To date, surgery has shown limited success and can have distressing side effects. However, some surgical techniques, such as deep brain electrical stimulation, are showing promise.

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