PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Khader, Qasim A.
AU  - Abdul-Baqi, Khader J.
AU  - Mansour, Abbas H.
AU  - Mohammed, Faisal I.
TI  - Cauterization of inferior nasal turbinate for idiopathic headache
DP  - 2003 Jan 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 52--54
VI  - 24
IP  - 1
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/24/1/52.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/24/1/52.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2003 Jan 01; 24
AB  - OBJECTIVE: Idiopathic headache is a stressful complaint, whose treatment is not well established. Our study is an attempt to examine the relationship between idiopathic headache and inferior turbinate cauterization as a surgical treatment, and to explain the central physiological effect of cauterization.METHODS: Thirty-four patients, 15 females and 19 males complaining of idiopathic headache were treated by inferior turbinate cauterization. Cauterization of the inferior-medial aspect of the turbinate was carried out once under local anesthesia for few seconds. This study was performed between November 1993 and December 1996, a joint project of the Zarka Government Hospital, Zarka and Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.RESULTS: More than 82% of the patients showed significant improvement in the sense of decreased headache.CONCLUSION: Cautery of the nasal turbinate could be a novel method for treatment of idiopathic headache.