Greater occipital nerve
Identification of greater occipital nerve landmarks for the treatment of occipital neuralgia
... of occipital headache include the aponeurotic attachments of the trapezius and semispinalis capitis muscles to the occipital ...The greater occipital nerve (GON) can become entrapped as ...
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Treatment of disabling headache with greater occipital nerve injections in a large population of childhood and adolescent patients: a service evaluation
... that greater occipital nerve injections are a valid therapeutic approach even in refractory headache patients who would normally be bound to fail normal preventives [23]; patients should also be ...
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Greater occipital nerve blockade in migraine, tension-type headache and cervicogenic headache
... the occipital nerves with the sensory fibres, also communicate in the cervical cord with the cau- Table 2 Headache severity in the orbitofrontal area during blockade of the greater occipital ...
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Neurophysiological correlates of clinical improvement after greater occipital nerve (GON) block in chronic migraine: relevance for chronic migraine pathophysiology
... Due to the low rate of response and the need to treat pa- tients for a long time before having any clinical feedback about the efficacy of the treatment itself, having an early predictive tool to identify if a specific ...
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Influence of patient positioning on reported clinical outcomes after greater occipital nerve block for treatment of headache: results from prospective single-centre, non-randomised, proof-of-concept study
... peripheral nerve blocks (PNBs) and trigger point injections (TPIs) have long been used in the treatment of various headache ...disorders. Nerve blocks by means of Botulinum toxin type A or anaesthetic ...
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Comparing the injectate spread and nerve involvement between different injectate volumes for ultrasound-guided greater occipital nerve block at the C2 level: a cadaveric evaluation
... All of the cadavers were placed in the prone position with slight neck flexion. The blocks were performed by a single, experienced anesthesiologist specialized in regional anes- thesia and pain medicine. A TE7 ultrasound ...
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MR Neurography of Greater Occipital Nerve Neuropathy: Initial Experience in Patients with Migraine
... and occipital tenderness on physical ...Botox, nerve block, radiofre- quency ablation, and an operation were recorded as well as any previous head and neck imaging for ...evaluating nerve ...
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<p>Relief of Secondary Headaches with High Thoracic Erector Spinae Plane Block</p>
... peripheral nerve blocks in the treatment of intractable secondary head- ache, except for greater occipital nerve block for postdural puncture headache (PDPH) and cervicogenic ...5–8 ...
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Long-term outcomes of occipital nerve stimulation for chronic migraine: a cohort of 53 patients
... (Occipital nerve stimulation for the treatment of intractable chronic mi- graine headache) trial in 2010 ...to greater occipital nerve ...
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Occipital nerve block is effective in craniofacial neuralgias but not in idiopathic persistent facial pain
... the occipital region suggests vicinity to the greater occipital nerve, ONBs should have been placed correctly in our study in all but four ...the greater occipital nerve ...
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Emerging evidence of occipital nerve compression in unremitting head and neck pain
... An additional, less widely employed intervention di- rected at extracranial potential pain generators is surgi- cal decompression of the greater occipital nerve (GON) in its course through the ...
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Invasive occipital nerve stimulation for refractory chronic cluster headache: what evolution at long-term? Strengths and weaknesses of the method
... The complete report of the methods and surgical procedure were described elsewhere [3, 5]. Our cohort initially in- cluded 15 drCCH patients with side-locked attacks from the start (Fig. 1, see flowchart, one woman, ...
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Central modulation in cluster headache patients treated with occipital nerve stimulation: an FDG-PET study
... The mechanisms by which ONS improves drCCH remain unclear. In a study of ONS in drCCH we found no significant change in pain thresholds, which argues against a diffuse analgesic effect [8]. It was speculated that ONS ...
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Assessing and treating primary headaches and cranio-facial pain in patients undergoing rehabilitation for neurological diseases
... The greater occipital nerve (GON) block reduces attacks in two thirds of patients with cluster headache ...petrosal nerve block or resection are ineffective for the prophylaxis of chronic ...
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Refractory Occipital Neuralgia: Preoperative Assessment with CT Guided Nerve Block Prior to Dorsal Cervical Rhizotomy
... cervical nerve roots, pedicles and ar- ticular facets do not protect the dorsal rami of C1 and C2 nerves as they pass above the arches of the atlas and axis, respectively (Figs 2 and ...and occipital bone, ...
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Cluster headache
... prednisone, greater occipital nerve blocks and topiramate may be used for ...and greater occipital nerve stimulators have been tried in experimental ...
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Adverse effect profile of Lidocaine injections for occipital nerve block in occipital neuralgia
... Occipital nerve blocks (ONB) have generated great interest among headache specialists recently because of their potential to treat many types of intractable headaches [1, ...the greater ...
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Prolongation of greater occipital neural blockade with 10% lidocaine neurolysis: a case series of a new technique
... Introduction: Greater occipital nerve blocks (GONB) have been used for headache but their benefit may be ...with occipital neuralgia; 12 had bilateral ...per nerve was ...
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Occipital peripheral nerve stimulation in the management of chronic intractable occipital neuralgia in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1: a case report
... bilateral occipital neuralgia on the basis of the diagnostic criteria outlined in the second edition of The International Classification of Headache Disorders ...Her occipital neuralgia persisted for more ...
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OnabotulinumtoxinA in the Treatment of Occipital Neuralgia Following Gunshot Injury
... of occipital neu- ralgia with ...ONA nerve blocks of the right greater occipital nerve [14] ...lesser occipital neuralgia, with limited relief ...
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