Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks (5)Practice of Nerve Blocks in Head and Neck Area : Cervical Plexus Block, Stellate Ganglion Block, Greater Occipital Nerve Block
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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.
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عنوان ژورنال: THE JOURNAL OF JAPAN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL ANESTHESIA
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0285-4945,1349-9149
DOI: 10.2199/jjsca.33.619