PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Leone, Massimo
AU  - Franzini, Angelo
AU  - Broggi, Giovanni
AU  - Bussone, Gennaro
TI  - Hypothalamic stimulation for intractable cluster headache: Long-term experience
AID  - 10.1212/01.wnl.0000223319.56699.8a
DP  - 2006 Jul 11
TA  - Neurology
PG  - 150--152
VI  - 67
IP  - 1
4099  - http://n.neurology.org/content/67/1/150.short
4100  - http://n.neurology.org/content/67/1/150.full
SO  - Neurology2006 Jul 11; 67
AB  - The authors report long-term results of continuous hypothalamic stimulation in 16 chronic drug-refractory patients with cluster headache (CH). At a mean follow-up of 23 months, 13 patients are persistently pain-free or almost pain-free, and the other 3 are improved. There are no persistent side effects. Hypothalamic stimulation is an effective, safe, and well-tolerated alternative to surgery for chronic patients with drug-refractory CH.