This book discusses interventional treatment options on intractable (drug resistant) headache patients and extended headache attacks and extensively reviews the reasons behind treatment failure in intractable headaches, offering potential solutions based on clinical black holes of headache outpatient practice. The most appropriate interventions for certain types of headache such as chronic migraine and medication-overuse headaches, are discussed among others.

The book provides practical advice on properly administering the interventional treatments either as a bridge treatments or prophylaxis options. The expected complications of the treatments, and strategies to minimize them are also discussed. Approaches in special patient populations such as pediatric or pregnancy cases and other non-standard cases are also extensively discussed.

Discusses the most effective treatments for certain types of headache Provides practical guidance on the necessary tools available in practice and how to use them through videos and illustrations Informs headache practitioners on the different options and applications of promising interventional procedures

Autorentext
Professor Aynur Ozge MD, is a Professor of Neurology, Algology and Clinical Neurophysiology. She is working as a headache specialist/algologist at Mersin University Medical Faculty, Mersin, Turkey. She is an active member of the Pediatric SIG and Classification subcomitte of of the IHS. She has two other book about Childhood Headache Disorders published by Springer. She is also working for Headache Summit Group of IHS and MENA Headache groups. She has published over 120 papers, abstracts and book chapters on headache topics and have been honored by awards for headache book (Headache in Children and Adolescents: A Case based Approach took BMA Highly Commended Book Award for 2017). Professor Hayrunnisa Bolay MD, PhD is a Professor of Neurology and Algology, working as a headache specialist/algologist at Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey. She is the director of Neuropsychiatry Centre and Neuroscience PhD program and a member of TurkishAcademy of Sciences. She has been actively involved in clinical and basic headache research particularly the pathophysiology of migraine and link between cortical spreading depression and headache. She uncovered vital information to elucidate the initial mechanisms of a migraine headache attack. She has published over 120 papers, abstracts and book chapters on headache topics and have been honored by awards for headache research. Prof. Bolay worked as a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Headache Society, and is a member of Educational Subcommittee of International Headache Society. Professor DERYA ULUDUZ, MD. She is currently Professor of Neurology in Department of Neurology Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, University of Istanbul. She is working as a headache and stroke specialist. She studied Stroke as a visiting proffesor in Minnesota University in year 2012. She is responsible from the outpatient wards of headache (childhood and adult) in Algology division. She has been involved many clinical and multicenter headache research particularly pediatric headache, burden of headache, comorbid disorders and headache. She is active member of Lifting The Burden of Headache and MENA Headache Groups under the auspice of IHS. She has lots of the lectures and courses about intervenitonal procedures of Headache Disorders.

Associate Professor OMER KARADAS, MD; He is a member of Gulhane Medical Faculty, Department of Neurology, Ankara, TR. He is interested in Headaches, nevre blockades in headaches, epilepy, serebrovascular diseases and endovascular treatment. He is a member of Turkish Neurology Society and he has been taking role in Turkish National Neurology Congress presentations for 11 years. He has many national oral and poster presentation awards. He is a member of Turkish Headache Study Group and is also taking role in the Winter Headache School presentations that has been held in stanbul yearly. He wrote a chapter in book: Headache and Comorbidities in Childhood and Adolesence published by Springer on 2017.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction to interventional procedures; Timing and Patient selection.- Chapter 2: Headache anatomy and mechanisms of peripheral nerve interventions.- Chapter 3: Pharmacology of Interventional Headache Management.- Chapter 4: GON and LON blockages.- Chapter 5: The role of other peripheral nerve blockages.- Chapter 6: BOTOX on the refractory headache disorders.- Chapter 7: The role of interventional procedures in childhood and adolescent headaches.- Chapter 8: Interventional headache management in elderly.- Chapter 9: Interventional headache management in pregnancy and lactation.- Chapter 10: Efficacy of trigger point injections and dry needling.- Chapter 11: Potential role of acupuncture.- Chapter 12: The role of radiofrequency thermo coagulation.- Chapter 13: The potential role of ozone therapy.- Chapter 14: Peripheral neuromodulation on the refractory headache disorders.- Chapter 15: Prologue- Aynur Özge, Hayrunnisa Bolay.- Appendix.- Videos.- Glossary.