Placement of Peripheral Nerve Stimulator beneath the skin at the base of the skull. Electric currents from the stimulators wire leads blocks pain impulses traveling up the Occipital nerves. These pain impulses cause severe chronic headaches. The electric current is delivered to the wire leads via a battery pack placed in a skin pouch most commonly fashioned over the patient's chest wall, abdominal cavity or flank.
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Sub-occipital Peripheral Nerve Stimulator
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