Can I have surgery for headaches? This is a lot of headache patients want to ask the topic, headache is a chronic disease, but once the attack is simply let a person pain. Clinical episodes of moderate to severe, throbbing headache as the main manifestation, headache is mostly unilateral, usually lasts 4 to 72 hours, can be accompanied by nausea, vomiting, light, sound stimulation or daily activities can aggravate the headache, quiet environment, rest can relieve headache. It is often accompanied by genetic factors. With the continuous research and development at home and abroad, microscopic peripheral nerve decompression can now be used to treat intractable headache, headache site is mostly seen with the supraorbital nerve, auriculotemporal nerve and occipital nerve distribution of the area, the above nerves are mostly by the local blood vessels and peripheral tissues of the long-term compression, resulting in nerve edema and degeneration, the formation of the headache “trigger point” caused by the headache. Headache. The nerve block test is used to localize the trigger points before surgery. The surgery is performed on the scalp outside the skull, and the incision is only about 3 centimeters, mostly within the hairline, so there is no need to worry about aesthetics. Surgery time for one part of the body is usually about 45 minutes to 1 hour, and the patient feels no pain during the surgery, making it a safe procedure.