Treatment Techniques and Procedures
Special Interventional / Invasive Treatment Techniques
- Cryoneurolysis / (cooled) radiofrequency therapy, computer tomography- and fluoroscopy-assisted cold and heat denervation treatment in chronic back pain with disorders of the small vertebral and the iliosacral joints
- Neuromodulation:
- Implantation of pump systems for intrathecal therapy (e.g. morphine, baclofen and ziconotide) for severe pain syndromes and spastic disorders
- Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) as a therapeutic procedure to treat severe, neuropathic pain and blood flow disorders
- Severe neuropathic pain of the locomotor system
- Refractory peripheral vascular disease
- Refractory angina in coronary heart disease
- Cluster headaches
- Other therapy-resistant headaches
- Occipital nerve stimulation
- Cluster headaches
- Other therapy-resistant headaches
Special Medication Treatment Procedures
- Readjustment of drug dosages
- Withdrawal treatment for overuse of painkillers / opioids
- Baclofen therapy for chronic migraines