Occipital osteomylelitis and epidural abscess after occipital nerve block: A case report

Greater occipital nerve block.

The occipital nerve block is used to diagnose and treat occipital neuralgia. The clinical presentation of occipital neuralgia, the anatomy of the greater occipital nerve, and the technique of the occipital nerve block is described.

Unilateral occipital nerve stimulation for bilateral occipital neuralgia: a case report and literature review

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to present a case of successful relief of bilateral occipital neuralgia (ON) using unilateral occipital nerve stimulation (ONS) and to discuss the possible underlying mechanisms. MATERIALS AND METHODS We present the case of a 59-year-old female patient with severe bilateral ON treated with unilateral ONS. We systematically reviewed previous studies of ONS f...

Folliculitis following greater occipital nerve block.

Among headache syndromes cervicogenic headache is a common problem which originates from region of the neck. When wide range of pharmacological treatment options are inadequate, interventional procedures are applied.[1] After trigger point injections, greater occipital nerve block (GONB) which is the most frequently applied technique among interventional methods has an important role in the tre...

Ultrasonic doppler flowmeter-guided occipital nerve block

BACKGROUND Greater occipital nerve block is used in the treatment of headaches and neuralgia in the occipital area. We evaluated the efficacy of ultrasonic doppler flowmeter-guided occipital nerve block in patients experiencing headache in the occipital region in a randomized, prospective, placebo-controlled study. METHODS Twenty-six patients, aged 18 to 70, with headache in the occipital reg...

Occipital nerve block rapidly eliminates allodynia far from the site of headache: a case report.