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Occipital Nerve Blocks

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The greater and lesser occipital nerves originate from the dorsal ramus of second cervical spinal nerve (C2) and innervate the posterior portions of the scalp. Occipital nerve blocks are useful for any surgery involving the scalp and are also useful for diagnosing and treating certain headaches. Anesthesia of these nerves is useful in children; however, the nerves are small and often difficult to visualize under ultrasound. Techniques for occipital nerve block are discussed in this chapter.

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  • Greater occipital nerve block
  • Lesser occipital nerve block, scalp block

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Stollery Children’s Hospital/University of Alberta Hospital, 2-150 Clinical Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G3, Canada

    Ban C. H. Tsui Dip Eng,BSc,B Pharm,MSc,MD,FRCPC

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Correspondence to Ban C. H. Tsui Dip Eng,BSc,B Pharm,MSc,MD,FRCPC .

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  1. Stollery Children's Hospital/University of Alberta Hospital, Cross Cancer Institute, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Albertra, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    Ban C.H. Tsui

  2. Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Feinberg School of Medicine, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Santhanam Suresh

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Tsui, B.C.H. (2016). Occipital Nerve Blocks. In: Tsui, B., Suresh, S. (eds) Pediatric Atlas of Ultrasound- and Nerve Stimulation-Guided Regional Anesthesia. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79964-3_17

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