TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Occipital Nerve Stimulation A1 - Richter, Erich O. A1 - Abramova, Marina V. A1 - Alo, Kenneth M. A2 - Diwan, Sudhir A2 - Staats, Peter S. PY - 2015 T2 - Atlas of Pain Medicine Procedures AB - Occipital neuralgia (ON) is a neurological disorder that commonly involves the greater occipital and less commonly the lesser occipital nerves.1 Trauma of the C2 root such as excessive movements (whiplash injuries) of the head and arthritic changes of the atlantoaxial joint are considered the most common causes of ON,1 but prolonged contraction or spasm of the posterior neck muscles from a variety of causes has also been implicated.1 The quality of the pain is classically similar to trigeminal and glossopharyngeal neuralgia but is localized in the occipital and periauricular areas, and may radiate into the retro-orbital area.2 As with neuropathic pain in other nerve distributions, a constant, nonlancinating pain is also common and may be termed as occipital neuropathic pain. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1107200501 ER -