Table 1. Headache Characteristics Before and After Peripheral Scalp Neurostimulationa.
No | Sex | Age, y | History of HA | HA Frequency | HA Duration | TPI | TPI Reduction (%) | Nerve(s) Stimulated | Self-Rated Outcome | F/U Duration | Comments (See Tab 2) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | |||||||||
1 a | F | 47 | 14 | daily | rarely | constant | 2 h | 574 | 140 | 75.6 | L. occi /supra/auri | good | 9 | |
2 a | M | 48 | 5 | daily | 1 - 2/w | constant | 2 - 3 h | 390 | 88 | 77.4 | Bil. occi/supra/auri | good | 9 | 1 |
3 a | M | 53 | 15 | daily | 1 - 2/w | constant | 2 - 3 h | 854 | 124 | 85.5 | Bil. occi | excellent | 2 | 2 |
4 | F | 54 | 15 | daily | none | constant | none | 364 | 0 | 100 | Bil. occi/supra | excellent | 5 | 3 |
5 | F | 46 | 6 | daily | rarely | constant | 2 - 3 h | 630 | 28 | 95 | Bil. occi /supra | good | 7 | 4 |
6 | F | 42 | 5 | daily | 2/w | constant | 2 - 3h | 420 | 48 | 88.6 | L. occi/supra | good | 7 | |
7 | F | 62 | 15 | daily | 1 - 2/w | constant | 3 - 4 h | 840 | 36 | 95.7 | Bil. occi | excellent | 7 | |
8 | F | 50 | 20 | 5/w | none | constant | none | 504 | 0 | 100 | Bil. occi | excellent | 7 | |
9 | M | 59 | 15 | daily | daily | 8 - 9 hours | 2 - 3 h | 364 | 140 | 61.5 | L. occi/supra | fair | 6 | |
10 | M | 66 | 20 | daily | none | 0.5 to 1 h | none | 336 | 0 | 100 | L. occi/supra | excellent | 6 | |
11 | F | 38 | 5 | daily | rarely | constant | 1 - 2 h | 350 | 32 | 90.9 | R. occi/supra | excellent | 6 | |
12 | F | 50 | 20 | daily | rarely | constant | 1 - 2 h | 364 | 32 | 91.2 | R. occi/supra | excellent | 6 | |
13 | F | 60 | 20 | daily | none | constant | none | 434 | 0 | 100 | L. occi | excellent | 6 | |
14 | F | 41 | 3 | daily | 1/w | constant | 1-2 h | 616 | 10 | 98.4 | Bil. cci/supra/auri | very good | 6 | |
15 | F | 51 | 5 | daily | 3/w | constant | 1 - 2 h | 504 | 16 | 96.8 | Bil. occi | excellent | 6 | |
16 | M | 31 | 3 | daily | none | 8 - 12 h | none | 390 | 0 | 100 | L. occi/supra | excellent | 5 | |
17 | F | 33 | 2 | daily | rarely | constant | 0.5 - 1 h | 476 | 4 | 99.2 | R. occi/supra | excellent | 4 | |
18 | F | 23 | 3 | daily | 3 - 5/w | constant | 2 - 3 h | 532 | 124 | 76.7 | Bil. supra | good | 4 | |
19 | F | 48 | 5 | daily | 2 - 3/w | constant | 2 - 3 h | 530 | 120 | 77.3 | R. occi/auri | excellent | 4 | |
20 | F | 37 | 3.5 | daily | 3/w | constant | 1 - 2 h | 420 | 96 | 77.1 | R. occi/supra | good | 2.5 | |
21 | F | 24 | 5 | daily | daily | constant | 12 h | 840 | 336 | 60 | Bil. occi/supra | good | 1.5 | |
22 | F | 22 | 13 | daily | daily | constant | 14 h | 868 | 280 | 68 | Bil. occi/supra | good | 1.5 | |
23 | F | 56 | 25 | daily | rarely | constant | 1 - 2 h | 360 | 60 | 83.3 | Bil. occi | excellent | 0.3 | 5 |
24 | F | 58 | 5 | daily | rarely | constant | 2 - 3 h | 435 | 80 | 81.6 | Bil. occi | good | 0.3 | 6 |
Abbreviations: Freq, frequency; HA, headache; Dur, duration; Bil, bilateral; L, left; R, right; h, hour; F/U, follow-up; occi, occipital nerve; supra, supraorbital nerve; auri, auriculotemporal nerve.
aPatients number 1 - 3 were the early cases with silastic anchors. The other patients (numbers 4 - 24) were treated using the revised surgical technique.