Literature Review: Pericranial Nerve Blocks for Chronic Migraines

Authors

Stephanie Wahab
Saurabh Kataria
Parker Woolley
Naanama O'Hene
Chima Odinkemere
Rosa Kim
Ivan Urits
Alan D Kaye
Jamal Hasoon
Cyrus Yazdi
Christopher L Robinson

Language

English

Publication Date

1-1-2023

Journal

Health Psychology Research

DOI

10.52965/001c.74259

PMID

37139462

PMCID

PMC10151122

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

4-29-2023

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-print

Abstract

Purpose of review: Headaches, especially migraines, are one of the most pervasive neurological disorders affecting up to 15.9% of the population. Current methods of migraine treatment include lifestyle changes, pharmacologic, and minimally invasive techniques such as peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) and pericranial nerve blocks (PNB).

Recent findings: PNBs are used to treat and prevent migraines and involves injection of local anesthetics with or without corticosteroids. PNBs include the greater occipital, supraorbital, supratrochlear, lesser occipital, auriculotemporal, sphenopalantine ganglion, and cervical root nerve blocks. Of the PNBs, the most extensively studied is the greater occipital nerve block (GONB) which has been shown to be an efficacious treatment for migraines, trigeminal neuralgia, hemi-crania continua, and post-lumbar puncture, post-concussive, cluster, and cervicogenic headaches but not medication overuse and chronic tension type headaches.

Published Open-Access

yes

Recommended Citation

Wahab, Stephanie; Kataria, Saurabh; Woolley, Parker; et al., "Literature Review: Pericranial Nerve Blocks for Chronic Migraines" (2023). Faculty, Staff and Student Publications. 2817.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/uthmed_docs/2817