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bilateral hypothalamic stimulation for CH?
Oct 27th, 2010 at 6:17pm
 
I have a Google search setup to find anything with SUNCT in it since I am always looking for anything new to try and break my cycle or make this monster go away. I fallowed a link on ONS implants on SUNCT since I did not know what it was and came across this and was wondering since they said it had good results with CH if any of you have heard of it or tried it for CH? Here is what the article I found said:
1.      Correspondence to: Massimo Leone, MD, Istituto Nazionale Neurologico Carlo Besta, via Celoria 11, 20133 Milano Italy E-mail: leone@istituto-besta.it
•      Received February 17, 2004.
•      Revision received May 10, 2004.
•      Accepted May 21, 2004.

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We provide a detailed case history of the first patient to receive bilateral hypothalamic stimulation to control severe bilateral chronic intractable cluster headaches initially occurring mostly on the left. These attacks were accompanied by life-threatening hypertensive crises and a grave deterioration in the patient's psychological state. Destructive surgery to the left trigeminal was absolutely contraindicated. Electrode implantation and continuous stimulation of the left posterior inferior hypothalamus resolved the left attacks. After four destructive operations on the right trigeminal, right side attacks recurred. Electrode implantation (with continuous stimulation) to the right resulted in immediate resolution of the right side pain and the hypertensive crises. On several occasions, both known and unknown to the patient, the stimulators were turned off: in all cases, crises reappeared and in all instances disappeared relatively quickly after turning stimulation back on. Pain crises have never reappeared when ipsilateral stimulation is ongoing. The only side effects were observed during long-term bilateral stimulation, consisting of transient vertigo and bradycardia. After 42 months (left) and 31 months (right) of follow-up, the patient remains crisis free without the need for pharmacological prophylaxis.
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Re: bilateral hypothalamic stimulation for CH?
Reply #1 - Oct 27th, 2010 at 11:05pm
 
There was a very interesting topic about ONS for CH treatment a few months ago:

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Some of the posts were written by Lizzie2 who has tried this treatment, with her posts starting at:

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Re: bilateral hypothalamic stimulation for CH?
Reply #2 - Oct 29th, 2010 at 7:48am
 
Mike,I'd just like to clear up something,
ONS that Carrie had is TOTALY differant the DBS (deep brain stimulation) that BigMatt is talking about.
DBS has not been used extensively for CH.One of the
few (last I heard there had been only 6 for CH) and one resulted in death.
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