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Lesser occipital nerve

	Lesser occipital nerve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The lesser occipital nerve or small occipital nerve is a spinal nerve arising between the first and second cervical vertebrae, along with the greater occipital nerve.
		Near the cranium it perforates the deep fascia, and is continued upward along the side of the head behind the auricula, supplying the skin and communicating with the greater occipital, the great auricular, and the posterior auricular branch of the facial.
		This branch is occasionally derived from the greater occipital nerve.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lesser_occipital_nerve (287 words)

	Greater Occipital Nerve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		nerve is the medial branch of the dorsal ramus of C2.
		The posterior half of the "skull cap" area is supplied by the large medial branch of the dorsal ramus of C2 (greater occipital).
		The dorsal rami of C1, C7, C8, L4, and L5 lack posterior midline cutaneous distribution.
	cis-ps2.osu-com.okstate.edu /hector/back/GreaterOccipitalNervetr.htm (78 words)

	Greater occipital nerve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The greater occipital nerve is a spinal nerve arising from the dorsal primary rami of cervical spinal nerve 2, between the first and second cervical vertebrae, along with the lesser occipital nerve.
		Disorder of this nerve is one of the causes of cervicogenic headaches, referred to as occipital neuralgias.
		greater occipital, third occipital) - thoracic - lumbar - sacral - coccygeal
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greater_occipital_nerve (166 words)

	Imigraine.Net B. Todd Troost, M.D.
		The IHS description of occipital neuralgia is the following: occipital neuralgia is a paroxysmal jabbing pain in the distribution of the greater or lesser occipital nerves, accompanied by diminished sensation or dysaesthesiae in the affected area.
		The presumed mechanism of this pain is inflammation involving the greater occipital nerve as it pierces the tendinous insertion of the splenius capitus at the base of the skull.
		The greater occipital nerve (Figure 36.19) is a continuation of the dorsal ramus of C2 and emerges onto the scalp above an oponeurotic sling between the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles (Bogduk, 1980).
	imigraine.net /other/occipital.html (1692 words)

	New York School Of Regional Anesthesia - Obturator Nerve Block
		The supraorbital and supratrochlear nerves are branches of the 1st division of the trigeminal nerve that exit from the supraorbital foramen.
		The tibial nerve is localized with the presence of inversion and plantar flexion (internal nerve= inversion); the common peroneal nerve is localized by the presence of eversion and dorsiflexion.(external nerve= eversion).
		This is the distal cutaneous branch of the femoral nerve.
	www.nysora.com /techniques/pediatric/nerve_blocks (8685 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		the greater occipital nerve and the accompanying occipital artery pierce the splenius capitis b.
		the greater occipital nerve is the dorsal ramus of C2 c.
		the sympathetic nerves to the heart travel with the vagus nerve and serve to slow the heart rate and lessen the force of contraction c.
	www.sinc.sunysb.edu /Class/hba360/I1997.doc (3173 words)

	Facial Pain As A Cause Of Headaches
		The mechanism is suspected to be a focal demylination of the affected branch of the trigeminal nerve, usually in association with an extra-axial vascular loop that compresses the nerve.
		Occipital neuralgia is a chronic pain syndrome originating from irritation of the greater occipital nerve.
		The pain associated with this syndrome is localized to the distribution of the greater occipital nerve.
	www.dcmsonline.org /jax-medicine/2000journals/april2000/facialpain.htm (858 words)

	occipital headache
		An occipital headache is defined as a sudden jabbing pain in the distribution of the greater or lesser occipital nerves.
		An occipital headache is usually defined as a sudden jabbing pain in the distribution of...
		Occipital nerve injections for neuralgia and unilateral headache syndromes...
	www.health-best.com /headache/5/occipital-headache.html (533 words)

	l2_mrs_c
		When she presented to our clinic, X-rays were obtained which demonstrated minor (nonsurgical) instability in the upper cervical spine and pain to palpation at the point where the greater occipital nerve crossed the nuchal ridge.
		This nerve was blocked with local anesthetic during the initial visit which gave her 70% pain relief for the first time since the accident in 1999.
		Care is taken to thread the needle superficial to the greater occipital nerve so that when the needle is removed and the lead is left in place it lies superficial to the nerve.
	www.georgiapainphysicians.com /l2_mrs_j.htm (514 words)

	The Cervical Plexus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The lesser occipital, greater auricular, transverse cervical and supraclavicular are cutaneous nerves formed by the cervical plexus.
		The supraclavicular nerve forms medial, intermediate and lateral branches in the posterior triangle to run over the clavicle ti innervate the skin.
		The nerve passes downwards from its originh to lie on the scalenus anterior muscle.
	www.med.mun.ca /anatomyts/nerve/cerplex.htm (354 words)

	Management of the Greater Occipital Neuropathy Syndrome
		This syndrome involves the sensory root of the second cervical nerve which supplies sensation to the major portion of the scalp and a portion of the face.
		Here the greater occipital nerve may be compressed by any movement which approximates the edges of the laminae between which it passes.
		The greater occipital nerve may be compressed by an extreme rotary movement of the neck combined with hyperextension.
	www.chiroweb.com /hg/12/14/16.html (536 words)

	Refractory Occipital Neuralgia: Preoperative Assessment with CT-Guided Nerve Block Prior to Dorsal Cervical Rhizotomy ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Occipital neuralgia is an uncommon cause of headache
		C2 nerve is depicted in yellow, vertebral artery in red and injected medication in green.
		of trigeminal nerve and substantia gelatinosa of the upper cervical
	www.ajnr.org /cgi/content/full/24/10/2105 (3147 words)

	Nerve blocks, indwelling catheters and infiltration
		In all of the cases an anesthetic block of the nerve was practised using mepivacaina 2% repeating it 7 days later and established a specific pharmacologic treatment with gabapentin from initial 300 mg dose to 900 mg/day.
		Our present study demonstrated that nerve blocks using local anesthetics can effectively control many episodes of trigeminal neuralgia (51% of the total episodes) and should be considered not merely as a temporary relief but as a long-term pain control measure.
		Result: The region of the left greater occipital nerve was injected with 5 cc of 0.25 percent bupivacaine and 10 mg oftriamcinolone which produced prompt relief of her symptoms.
	www.painstudy.ru /wcp/nerveblocks.htm (8133 words)

	Institute Of Professional Practical Therapy - Instructional DVSs
		The most common cause of tension headaches is the compression of the greater occipital nerve by the cervical muscles.
		Greater Occipital Nerve Neuralgia could be treated successfully using Medical Massage therapy and special post-isometric relaxation techniques.
		In Volume 2 of Boris Prilutsky’s Medical Massage DVD series, the topic of eliminating Greater Occipital Nerve Neuralgia is covered under the hypertension treatment topic.
	www.ippt.com /bmm/dvd_volume2.htm (1297 words)

	BioMed Central \| Full text \| Randomised controlled trial of cervical radiofrequency lesions as a treatment for ...
		These include operative decompression of occipital nerves and cervical nerve roots [13-15], occipital neurectomy [16,17], cervical epidural injections [18], cervical manipulations [19-24], blockades of peripheral nerves with local anaesthetics [25-28], radiofrequency denervations of the periost of the occipital bone [29], botulinum toxin injections [30], and complementary therapies [31].
		Blume HG: Treatment of cervicogenic headaches: radiofrequency neurotomy to the sinuvertebral nerves to the upper cervical disc and to the outer layer of the C3 nerve root or C4 nerve root respectively.
		Diagnostic blockade of greater occipital and supra-orbital nerves.
	www.biomedcentral.com /1471-2253/6/1 (5046 words)

	Occipital Nerve Blockade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		We treated 14 cluster headache patients with greater occipital nerve block as transitional therapy (treatment initiated at the same time as preventive therapy).
		The greater occipital nerve block was well tolerated with no adverse events.
		Greater occipital nerve blockade is a therapeutic option for the transitional treatment of cluster headache.
	www.ouch-us.org /chgeneral/surgery/surgery3.htm (175 words)

	The Effects of Greater Occipital Nerve Block and Trigger Point Injection on Brush Allodynia and Pain in Migraine
		The Effects of Greater Occipital Nerve Block and Trigger Point Injection on Brush Allodynia and Pain in Migraine
		Greater occipital nerve block (GONB) is an effective treatment for migraine headache; however, its effect on cutaneous allodynia in migraine is unknown.
		Twenty minutes after treatment, headache was reduced in 17 patients and did not change in 2.
	www.headachedrugs.com /archives2/nerve_block.html (209 words)

	Bruyn
		Bogduk's concept on third occipital nerve neuralgia, however, turned out to be rather tenuous, as pains recurred in 5 of his 7 patients despite neurectomy or coagulation.
		The sinuvertebral nerve is known as the ramus meingeus of the ventral branch of the spinal nerve root.
		This joint is innervated by the third occipital nerve.
	www.imsn.nl /invconf/html/body_bruyn.html (2637 words)

	Occipital Headache (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Greater occipital nerve The greater occipital nerve is a spinal nerve arising between the first and second cervical vertebrae, along with the lesser occipital nerve.
		Occipital headaches stemming from the lateral atlanto-axial (C1±2 …
		The present study tested the null … lateral atlanto-axial joints are not a common source of occipital headache.
	datapheed.com /Occipital+Headache.html (331 words)

	Anaesthesia UK : FRCA Journal : Relief of pain in acute herpes zoster by nerve blocks and possible prevention of ...
		Two elderly females with AHZ of cervical dermatomes and severe pain received deep cervical and greater occipital nerve blocks with a local anaesthetic, epinephrine and steroid.
		Rather than a stellate ganglion block, which could not be performed because of anticoagulation, a deep cervical root block at C3 and a greater occipital nerve block were performed with bupivacaine, epinephrine and methylprednisolone.
		Deep cervical root blocks at C3 and C4 and a greater occipital nerve block were performed with bupivacaine, epinephrine and methylprednisolone.
	www.frca.co.uk /JournalView.aspx?jid=108 (330 words)

	Headaches
		In other words, the occipitoatlantal (OA) joint on one or both sides develops a restriction that results in local effects that may include increased muscle tension in the affected occipital triangle, and irritation of the greater occipital nerve.
		Irritation of the greater occipital nerve radiates its discomforts around the side of the skull, often reaching the orbital region.
		In the rare instance where the joint cannot be successfully mobilized in the office, the use of analgesic/sedating medications is appropriate to comfort the patient and may help the region to relax enough to in order to reduce on it's own.
	www.medicine-in-motion.com /headaches.htm (1238 words)

	Headache [abbreviated ‘ha’]- NOTE: only muscles and arteries cause pain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Greater than 40% of the headaches studied were due to degenerative processes of the cervical spine
		cranial nerve producing lateral deviation and palpebral ptosis that can last a week or more, similar presentation to that of a leaking aneurysm from the Circle of Willis or a lesion of the cavernous sinus, severe pain over one eye, sometimes followed by double vision.
		Whole brain affected but it manifests as focal pain - affected nerves are related to the trigeminal nerve and the c/s ms by the cervical cord [descending tract of trigeminal —to C2] Study, Silberstein, the proximal middle cerebral artery was stimulated in a cat.
	www.logan.edu /faculty/powers/HeadacheIII.html (3208 words)

	Relief of pain in acute herpes zoster by nerve blocks and possible prevention of post-herpetic neuralgia: [Le ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		occipital nerve block was also performed on the right with a
		Somatic nerves were primarily blocked in both cases presented.
		The role of sympathetic nerve blocks in herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia.
	www.cja-jca.org /cgi/content/full/52/2/186 (2153 words)

	occipital nerve block - OmniMedicalSearch.com - occipital nerve block (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This head pain worsens when I lay down but is there 24 hours a day...Greater occipital nerve neuralgia is not an uncommon condition...This pain is really bad...
		One of the complications with cervical disc herniation is impingement of the spinal cord or of the nerve root...Some less common sources of neck pain include the dura and the vertebrae...Common complications
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	www.omnimedicalsearch.com /sr_occipital_nerve_block.html (582 words)

	Neurolysis of the Greater Occipital Nerve in Cervicogenic Headache: A Follow up Study
		Neurolysis of the Greater Occipital Nerve in Cervicogenic Headache: A Follow up Study
		Entrapment of the greater occipital nerve (GON) in its peripheral course has been thought to be of possible pathogenic significance in cervicogenic headache.
		We have performed a "liberation" operation ("neurolysis") of the nerve in the nuchal musculature, with special attention to the trapezius insertion, and the follow-up results in 50 patients are presented.
	www.chiro.org /LINKS/ABSTRACTS/Neurolysis_of_Greater_Occipital.shtml (212 words)

	Clinical Trial: Occipital Nerve Stimulation to Treat Chronic Headaches
		The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a implantable device, called the bion(R), in the treatment of chronic headache.
		The bion microstimulator is placed underneath the skin next to the greater occipital nerve.
		Direct stimulation of the greater occipital nerve has been shown to alleviate the symptoms of chronic migraine and chronic cluster headaches in a small number of patients.
	clinicaltrials.gov /ct/show/NCT00205894 (480 words)

	Clinical Trial: A Research Study to Examine the Difference Between Local Anesthetics Alone and Local Anesthetics Plus ...
		Subjects are scheduled to undergo a Greater Occipital Nerve Block (GONB) as treatment for your chronic daily headache.
		The nerve block is done by injecting a liquid drug through the skin of the back of the head to the area of the greater occipital nerve.
		The nerve runs superficially in this area, therefore the drugs are injected just under the skin.
	www.clinicaltrials.gov /ct/gui/show/NCT00203294 (430 words)

	Cluster Headache Help - Topic - Treatments
		"Surgical procedures include sphenopalatine ganglionectomy, radiofrequency thermocoagulation of the trigeminal ganglion, and section of the trigeminal nerve.
		Blackwell-Synergy offers this abstract from "Cephalalgia" Volume 22, Issue 7, Page 520 - September 2002 - "...We treated 14 cluster headache patients with greater occipital nerve block as transitional therapy (treatment initiated at the same time as preventive therapy).
		One sufferer's experience with trigeminal nerve surgery to alleviate the pain of cluster headache.
	www.chhelp.org /treatments.html (300 words)

	Torso With Muscles Anatomical Models Scull Cervical Lumbar and Skulls.800-686-5232 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Facet Syndrome at L4-L5 sciatic nerves and Lamina of Sacrum.
		Complete Pelvis, Sacrum, Occipital Bone, and Vertebral Artery, all Spinal Nerve Branches, Femur Heads, Brain Stem, Cerebellum, and Herniated Lumbar Disc (Herniated Disk are interchangeable with Normal Disk, included).
		Nerves and muscles are made of durable soft polyurethane rubber.
	www.buyamag.com /anatom3.htm (408 words)

	Review Questions, posterior triangle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Postganglionic sympathetic fibers travel to the head and neck in which of the following nerves?
		The ventral primary ramus of C2 receives cutaneous information from the skin behind the ear by way of the:
		Following a procedure to remove lymph nodes from the posterior triangle of the left side of the neck the patient has noticeable drooping (depression) of the left shoulder.
	anatomy.uams.edu /anatomyhtml/posteriortriangleq.html (62 words)

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