St. Jude Neurostimulator Research
Dedicated to helping patients achieve a better quality of life, Kenneth Reed, M.D. and the partner physicians at St. Jude Pain Centers continue to engage in pioneering neurostimulator research in their quest for the effective, safe treatment of debilitating chronic pain. A primary focus of the research has been on implanted neurostimulation for chronic head pain, and no one is more experienced at doing the Reed Procedure ® than the physicians at Reed Migraine Centers where hundreds of patients have finally found relief from migraines and are free to enjoy life again. The migraine research done here has allowed patients who successfully underwent the Reed Procedure ®, also known as the Omega Procedure and the 4-Lead Procedure, to drastically reduce, if not remove completely, the need to take medication to control their headache pain. Our specialists’ research began in 1992, and it continues today, over 25 years later.
Below are research reports published by the medical partners at St. Jude Pain Centers. Click on the migraine research paper title to view or download the complete paper.
Dodick D, Silberstein SD, Slavin KV, Reed KL, Huh B, Goldstein J. Evidence for long-term efficacy of peripheral nerve stimulation of the occipital nerves in the management of chronic migraine [abstract]. 2013 Congress of the International Headache Society. Boston, MA: Cephalalgia, 2013: 58.
Reed KL.Peripheral neuromodulation and headaches: history, clinical approach, and considerations on underlying mechanisms. Current pain and headache reports 2012;17:25-35
Reed K, Conidi F, Will K, Bulger R, Datta S. Combined concordant peripheral neurostimulation for chronic/refractory migraine headaches: a retrospective analysis of 188 consecutive patients. 56th Annual Scientific Meeting; American Headache Society; 1914; Los Angeles, CA: Wiley-Blackwell: 47.
Reed KL, Will KR, Bulger R, Dattta S, Rupert M, Linder S. Combined occipital and supraorbital neurostimulation for chronic migraine headaches: a multicenter retrospective analysis of 171 consecutive patients [abstract]. 2013 Congress of the International Headache Society. Boston, MA: Cephalalgia, 2013: 197-198
Silberstein SD, Dodick D, Saper JR, et al. Efficacy of occipital nerve stimulation for the management of intractable, chronic migraine: results from a prospective, multicenter, double-blinded, controlled study. Headache 2012;52:866.
Linder S, Reed KL. Combined occipital nerve/supraorbital nerve stimulatopm for treatment of refractgory headaches: initial adolescent experience. 15th Congress of the International Headache Society. Berlin, Germany: Sage, 2011: 171.
Silberstein SD, Dodick D, Saper JR, et al. The safety and efficacy of peripheral nerve stimulation for the management of chronic migraine. North American Neurostimulation Society Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, Nevada 2011.
Reed KL, Black SB, Banta CJ, 2nd, Will KR. Combined occipital and supraorbital neurostimulation for the treatment of chronic migraine headaches: initial experience. Cephalalgia 2010;30:260-271
Reed KL, Will KR, Conidi F, Bulger R. Concordant occipital and supraorbital neurostimulation therapy for hemiplegic migraine; Initial experience; a case series. Neuromodulation 2015
Weiner RL, Reed KL. Peripheral neurostimulation for control of intractable occipital neuralgia. Neuromodulation 1999;2:217-221
Weiner RL, Reed KL, Alo K, Fuller ML. Peripheral neurostimulation to control intractable occipital neuralgia (abstract). Neurosurgery 1999;45:696
Bulger R, Conidi F, Reed KL. Combined supraorbital (SONS) and occipital nerve stimulation (ONS) for intractable post-herpetic neuralgia(P7. 317). Neurology 2014;82:P7. 317-P317. 317
Reed KL, Will KR, Chapman J, Richter E. Combined occipital and supraorbital neurostimulation for chronic migraine headaches: an extended case series [abst]. 15th Congress of the International Headache Society. Berlin, Germany: Cephalalgia, 2011: 98-99
Silberstein SD, Dodick D, Saper JR, et al. The safety and efficacy of occipital nerve stimulation for the management of chronic migraine. 15th Congress of the International Headache Society. Berlin Germany: Cephalalgia, 2011: 117
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