Occipital and Supraorbital Nerve Stimulator Placement

Indications

• Peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) is indicated for patients with chronic, medically refractory, severe neuropathic pain that involves distribution of the nerve to be stimulated.

• Occipital nerve stimulation (ONS) is indicated primarily for treatment of occipital neuralgia, including posttraumatic and postsurgical pain in the occipital nerve distribution.

• Supraorbital nerve stimulation (SNS) is indicated for patients with trigeminal neuropathic pain, mainly secondary to posttraumatic or postsurgical supraorbital neuralgia or neuropathy (e.g., after operations on frontal sinuses, after frontal craniotomies).

• ONS and SNS have been used for treatment of migraines and cluster headaches in research studies.