TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Occipital Nerve Blocks
A1  - Trescot, Andrea
A2  - Diwan, Sudhir
A2  - Staats, Peter S.
PY  - 2015
T2  - Atlas of Pain Medicine Procedures
AB  - Beruto  and  Ramus  first  described  occipital  neuralgia  in  1821.1  In  the  beginning  of  the  1900’s,  Luff2  as  well  as  Osler  and  McRae3  emphasized  occipital  neuralgia  as  a  cause  of  occipital  pain  and  headaches.  Most  patients  with  primary  headache  syndromes  who  have  frequent  attacks  of  pain  have  tenderness  in  the  suboccipital  region.4  Neural  blockade  of  the  greater,  lesser,  and  third  occipital  nerves  are  interventions  employed  in  the  diagnosis  and  treatment  of  upper  neck  pain  and  headache  believed  to  be  caused  by  pathology  in  the  superior  cervical  spine.  In  the  clinical  setting,  neck  pain  and  headache  are  common  complaints,  so,  when  evaluating  such  patients,  the  clinician  will  be  well  served  by  eliciting  as  precise  a  history  as  possible  and  seeking  any  past  cervical  spine  or  head  trauma.  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/20
UR  - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1107196812
ER  -