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Israeli Hospital Performs Breakthrough Brain Surgery to Relieve Man's 40-Year Cluster Headaches

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First reported by Mako · 2 hours ago

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An Israeli lawyer endured 40 years of severe cluster headaches until a pioneering deep brain stimulation surgery at Shaare Zedek Medical Center reduced his pain by 70% and attack frequency by half, significantly improving his quality of life. This marks the first successful use of this procedure for cluster headaches in Israel.

01A 62-year-old Israeli lawyer suffered chronic cluster headaches for over 40 years starting at age 16.
02Conventional treatments failed, leading to a novel deep brain stimulation surgery at Shaare Zedek.
03The six-hour surgery implanted an electrode in the hypothalamus to modulate pain signals.
04Post-surgery, attack intensity dropped by 70% and frequency by 50%, improving daily functioning.
05This is Israel's first successful DBS case for cluster headaches, with only about 100 worldwide.
06Doctors call the outcome a significant breakthrough for patients unresponsive to other therapies.

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