For the last few years, encouraged by the results of Botox treatment in Migraine patients,
A few simple surgical operations have been devised with the express purpose of eliminating the nerve source for some types of migraine, primarily the frontal and the occipital onset pains.
This treatment essentially involves testing the area involved with Botox injections and if successful, performing the permanent resection of a segment of the nerves. In some ways, there is a built-in safety because of the initial testing by Botox. Relief has been permanent in over 80% of patients treated with these methods.
