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# Migraine Surgery

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## Video: Migraine Surgery

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_Published 2013-11-25. Migraine Surgery_


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## Transcript

I just want to have a life. I operate on half a life. Corinne [ INAUDIBLE ] says she has about 15 good days a month. Hold on. The other 15 she deals with crushing migraine pain. It feels like a boa constrictor around my head. Inside it feels like a snake going like this. I tried oxygen tanks. I tried acupuncture. Every migraine medication. Every seizure medication. Anti- depressant, everything. Well, almost everything. [ MUSIC ] And what are we doing for you today? Surgery. What kind of surgery? Migraine surgery. Migraine surgery. It is a controversial treatment for what many neurologists say is an intrinsically brain based problem.

So I'm just going to make a couple of marks. Koren's plastic surgeon says that tight muscles and connective tissues are literally choking her nerves. Especially in the neck and that may mark the beginning point of her migraines. So he plans to make incisions. And remove bands of muscle in what he says are trigger points. Frown lines around the eyes, the temples, the base of the skull. Basically, relieve the pressure. And we have patients that are almost 3 years out, and they're still reporting no headaches. To be sure, migraine surgery has its detractors. [ MUSIC ] The American Headache Society calls migraine surgery a last resort option that is not appropriate for most sufferers.

I think it is good to have people that are skeptics.' Cuz that's how science gets, advanced forward. Any neurologist or pain specialist who is skeptical about this should actually start collaborating with surgeons. We caught up with Corinne, 12 weeks now after surgery. Her headaches she says, are down to 3 a month. 3 a month for me is very good. I had a tough recovery but it's definitely working for me.

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