Application of thermal microcautery in migraine management

Eleni Papageorgiou¹ | Konstantine Kovas¹ | Camillus Power² | Nikolaos Kostopoulos³

1. Dept. of Neurology, General Hospital of Athens, G. Gennimatas, Greece.
2. Dept. of Pain Medicine, Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
3. Holistic Health Centre, Athens, Greece.

ABSTRACT

Thermal microcautery is a novel minimally invasive intervention for migraine. We present a case series of twenty-one patients who underwent this technique. Nineteen patients reported improvement in migraine management. Of these four patients went on to complete remission and a further eleven patients reported over 50% improvement. In addition, the majority of patients noted reductions in intensity and duration of headache with a better response to medication. The efficacy of thermal microcautery generates a new hypothesis that attempts to explain how a neuromodulation technique may be helpful in the management of migraine.

Keywords: Thermal microcautery; Migraine; Neuromodulation.

Headache Medicine 2019, volume 10 issue 4, p 182-185