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(415) 751-0583August 06, 2024 | Headache Surgery, Occipital Neuralgia
Dr. Ziv Peled recently presented Grand Rounds at Yale University’s Division of Plastic Surgery on the over 20-year evolution of headache surgery. Take a look at the first part of this video to learn more…
Read MoreAugust 02, 2024 | Headache Surgery, Nerve Pain, Occipital Neuralgia
I was recently asked why some people require more than one operation to obtain optimal relief. A great question and one with a multi-part answer. Let me try to break it down in the next few paragraphs. Let me preface these remarks by stating that what I write below is my opinion only and how I approach patients, […]
Read MoreAugust 01, 2024 | Headache Surgery, Nerve Pain
I have been asked recently to write a little something about so-called “rebound headaches”. This topic can be quite confusing, and as you will read, is not very well understood. The precise medical term for this disorder is Medication Overuse Headache (MOH) or analgesic rebound headache. The prevalence of this problem is about 1% in […]
Read MoreJuly 26, 2024 | Headache Surgery, Nerve Pain, Occipital Neuralgia
As with many things in life, there are positive and negative ways to perceive just about anything. Just because the MRI was negative, clearly does not mean that there is nothing wrong. Let me explain why below. First, however, let’s look at the bright side. You do not have a brain tumor. You do not […]
Read MoreJuly 25, 2024 | Headache Surgery
Perhaps one of the most common questions I get asked is, “What is recovery like?” How much time do you have? There are so many facets to this question that it is often something worth spending a bit of time on with your surgeon before any operative procedure. While I wish there were a single, short answer, […]
Read MoreJuly 24, 2024 | Headache Surgery, Nerve Pain, Occipital Neuralgia
I hear this question a lot from just about every patient I see, whether for chronic headaches or tarsal tunnel syndrome. The answers have to do with the technical aspects of the surgical procedure, the physiology of peripheral nerves as well as the wound healing process itself. As you can imagine, a compressed nerve […]
Read MoreJuly 23, 2024 | Headache Surgery
One of the first things to assess is whether your surgeon has formal and specific training in peripheral nerve surgery. Since the operations for chronic headaches/neuralgia potentially involve many nerves within the peripheral nervous system, the person performing such operations should have had focused training on the workup, evaluation, and management of patients with any […]
Read MoreJuly 19, 2024 | Headache Surgery, Occipital Neuralgia
There are a number of ways to characterize and define the nervous system. First of all, the primary cells that comprise the nervous system are called neurons. Groups of neurons all heading in a certain direction and bundled together are called nerves. Nerves can be classified along several parameters. To begin, nerves can be either […]
Read MoreJuly 17, 2024 | Headache Surgery
Surgical intervention (whether decompression or neurectomy/muscle implantation) for chronic headaches is performed as an outpatient procedure at an accredited surgery center or in the outpatient department of the California Pacific Medical Center. The procedures can last anywhere from 1 hour to 3 hours, depending on the number and locations of the nerves being treated and […]
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