Nerve Decompression Surgery Relieves Chronic Migraines

After missing two years of high school due to debilitating migraines, Meredith Messerli, a college freshman at Oklahoma State University, opted to have nerve decompression surgery — a procedure that has been gaining popularity as an alternative for chronic headache sufferers. The surgery involves first identifying the compressed nerves through a clinical history and exam. Then, the pressure causing the migraines is relieved by severing tiny muscles and other tissues pressing on or irritating the headache-trigger nerves. The surgery is an option for patients with chronic headaches, nerve-compression headaches, occipital neuralgia, new daily persistent headaches, episodic migraines and chronic migraines. To read more, click here.