Dr. Pamela Blake helps many people with chronic headaches lead a more fulfilling life. A subject of particular interest to Dr. Blake is the role of occipital nerve compression as a cause of chronic headaches and led her to develop effective medical interventions as well as further the role of nerve decompression surgery. Let’s discuss her process and publications in an open forum where you can ask questions and write your personal experience at patient.zone
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Tracking patients with chronic occipital headache after occipital nerve decompression surgery: A case series
Below is the abstract of an article that reviewed the clinical outcomes of several patients who underwent nerve decompression surgery for nerve compression headache. Some patients did very well, and some did not experience relief. The article is available online. Link to article Background: The therapeutic benefit of nerve decompression surgeries for chronic headache/migraine are controversial.…
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Extracranial origin of headache
This review article summarizes the data that show that headaches can originate extracranially, and it aims to challenge the opinion-based notion that headaches must occur from intracranial (meaning inside the skull) pathology alone. The article is available online. Link to article Purpose of review: To summarize recent clinical and preclinical studies on extracranial pathophysiologies in migraine.…
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Upregulation of inflammatory gene transcripts in periosteum of chronic migraineurs: Implications for extracranial origin of headache
Below is the abstract of an article published in the Annals of Neurology in 2016. This research studied the difference in genes that are responsible for inflammation in the tissue on the surface of the skull in individuals with nerve compression headache compared to individuals who did not have headache. The subjects with chronic headache…
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Dr. Pamela Blake from Memorial Hermann Discusses Chronic Headaches
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