Chronic headache caused by a titanium fixation plate: Report of two cases
Open Access
- 1 January 2017
- journal article
- Published by Scientific Scholar in Surgical Neurology International
- Vol. 8 (1), 238
- https://doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_152_17
Abstract
Titanium miniplate fixation may irritate the deep division of the supraorbital nerve and may cause a chronic headache. Here, we propound the idea that, postcraniotomy, titanium miniplates should not be placed above the temporal fusion line.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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