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Table 1 Diagnoses, laterality and site of the pain of the sample of headache patients trialled with Occipital nerve stimulation

From: A six year retrospective review of occipital nerve stimulation practice - controversies and challenges of an emerging technique for treating refractory headache syndromes

  

Diagnosis

   

Pain distribution

 

Sex

Definitive

Preliminary

Trigger

Bilateral

Length

Area of origin

Radiation

1

F

CM

ON

No

Y

2 ys

Occipital

Vertex

2*

F

CM

CM

No

Y

16 ys

Neck/Occipital

Occipital

3

F

CM

ON

Yes (S)

Y

6 ys

Occipital

Forehead

4

F

CM

CDH

Yes (S)

Y

N/A

Ear

Ear/Face

5

F

CM

Migraine

No

N

15 ys

Eye

Eye

6*

M

CM

ON

No

N

17 ys

Eye

Forehead

7

F

CM

ON

Yes (T)

Y

1 ys

Occipital

Vertex

8

F

IIH

ON

No

Y

2 ys

Occipital

Holocranic

9*

M

CM

ON

No

Y

8 ys

Neck

Occipital

10

M

ON

ON

No

Y

10 ys

Occipital

Holocranic

11

F

ON

ON

No

Y

4 ys

Neck/Occipital

Vertex

12

F

CH

CH

No

N

5 ys

Occipital

Eye

13

M

CM

ON

No

N

N/A

N/A

N/A

14

F

ON

ON

No

Y

3 ys

Occipital

Shoulders

15

F

CM

ON

No

Y

15 ys

Neck

Temple

16

M

CM

Migraine

No

N

3 ys

Occipital

Hemicranium

17

M

CM

ON

No

Y

15 ys

Neck/Occipital

Forehead

18

F

CM

ON

No

Y

15 ys

Neck/Occipital

Eye

19

F

CM

ON

Yes (T)

Y

19 ys

Occipital

Forehead

20

M

Cerv.H.

ON

Yes (T)

Y

10 ys

Occipital

Forehead

21

F

CM

ON

Yes (T)

N

3 ys

Neck

Vertex/Eye

22

F

CM

CM

N/A

N

N/A

Temple

Temple

23

F

CM

CM

N/A

N

N/A

Temple

Forehead

24

F

CM

CM

N/A

N

N/A

Eye

Hemicranium

25

F

CM

CM

N/A

Y

N/A

Forehead

Holocranic

  1. CM chronic migraine, IIH idiopathic intracranial hypertension, ON occipital neuralgia, CH Cluster Headache, CDH chronic daily headache, Cerv.H Cervicogenic Headache, N/A data not available, T Post-traumatic, onset of the headache within a week following a head/neck injury, S Post-Surgical, onset of the headache within a week from a scheduled or un-scheduled surgery; * Pts considered to have failed the ONS trial.