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Objective The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of the greater occipital nerve (GON) pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) procedure performed to migraine patients on headache severity, frequency and duration. Material and Methods İn this retrospective study, the data of 27 patients with a diagnosis of resistant migraine who underwent GON PRF were scanned. The numerical evaluation scale (NRS), headache frequency and duration before the procedure, 1, 3, 6, 9 months after the procedure, NRS, frequency and duration values of the patients were compared. Results The mean age of the patients was 41.11±12.18. The mean duration of disease diagnosis (years) was 12.74±9.42. The mean NRS values of the patients before the GON PRF procedure were 8.81±0.62, the mean attack frequency (month) values were 7.70±4.19, and the mean attack duration (hour) values were 36.44±20.82. After the GON PRF procedure, 1, 3, 6, 9 months NRS, attack frequency and attack duration of the patients were found to be statistically significantly lower when compared with pre-procedure NRS, attack frequency and attack duration. Conclusions In our study, we observed that the GON PRF procedure reduced the severity, frequency and duration of attacks over a 9-month period.

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