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 - Neurosciences Journal PG - 23--25 VI - 8 IP - 1 4099 - http://nsj.org.sa/content/8/1/23.short 4100 - http://nsj.org.sa/content/8/1/23.full SO - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2003 Jan 01; 8 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.