Anchoring of suboccipital lead: case report and technical note.
Suboccipital stimulation is a relatively new method of neuromodulation for treatment of intractable occipital headache and occipital neuralgia. The most common complication besides an infection is a lead displacement. Anchoring of a lead at the entry place partially solves the problem. Migration of electrode's tip is a major problem so far. A case report of electrode migration and a technique of retrograde lead insertion and subcutaneous anchoring of the tip by means of contralateral incision and suturing of lead is described.
Gofeld
Michael
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Center for Pain Medicine, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel. mgofeld@hotmail.com