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Curr Pain Headache Rep · Oct 2010
ReviewBlocking the greater occipital nerve: utility in headache management.
- William B Young.
- Department of Neurology, Jefferson Headache Center, Thomas Jefferson University, 111 South Eleventh Street, Gibbon Building, Suite #8130, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. William.B.Young@jefferson.edu
- Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2010 Oct 1;14(5):404-8.
AbstractOccipital nerve block has been part of headache medicine for more than half a century, with injection techniques and solutions varying greatly. Most studies have been case series and many show benefit for patients with migraine, cluster headache, and postconcussive headache. A double-blind, controlled trial of cluster headache has demonstrated that injectable steroids with local anesthetics benefit cluster headache patients. A double-blind, controlled trial of nerve blocks in occipital neuralgia, which may have actually been chronic migraine, was positive.
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