Comprehensive Criteria for Differential Diagnosis and a Surgical Management Algorithm for Occipital Neuralgia and Migraine Headaches [PDF]
JPRAS OpenSummary: The differential diagnoses and nuances of the surgical management of occipital migraine and occipital neuralgia have not been clearly discussed in the available literature.
Bahman Guyuron +2 more
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Iatrogenic Occipital Neuralgia After Scalp Epidermoid Cyst Excision: A Rare Case Report [PDF]
Clinical Medicine Insights: Case ReportsBackground: Occipital neuralgia is a relatively frequent but often intractable headache disorder typically arising from trauma or nerve entrapment.
Gao Chen, Cheng-Ta Han
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Structure-based medical acupuncture for greater occipital neuralgia: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case ReportsIntroduction Greater occipital neuralgia is the syndrome of pain and abnormal sensation in its distribution area caused by anatomical nerve entrapment. Patients with greater occipital neuralgia experience not only limited head and neck movement, but also
Man Li +5 more
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Case Series and Literature Review of Up-to-date Surgical Management of Occipital Neuralgia [PDF]
Archives of Plastic SurgeryNerve decompression is an emerging surgical treatment option for patients with occipital neuralgia. However, limited research is available on the efficacy of this treatment in South Korea.
Seok Joon Lee +2 more
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The Occipital Nerves Applied Strain Test to Support Occipital Neuralgia Diagnosis [PDF]
Pain and Therapy, 2023 Introduction Occipital neuralgia (ON) is a disabling cephalalgia form with demanding diagnostic workflow. We report the description and reliability analyses of the occipital nerves-applied strain (ONAS) test for occipital neuralgia (ON) early-stage ...
Boaz G. Samolsky Dekel +3 more
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Novel Ultrasound-Guided Hydrodissection with 5% Dextrose for the Treatment of Occipital Neuralgia Targeting the Greater Occipital Nerve [PDF]
DiagnosticsBackground: Occipital neuralgia is a debilitating condition, and traditional treatments often provide limited or temporary relief. Recently, ultrasound-guided hydrodissection of the greater occipital nerve (GON) has emerged as a promising minimally ...
King Hei Stanley Lam +4 more
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Hemifacial Pain and Hemisensory Disturbance Referred from Occipital Neuralgia Caused by Pathological Vascular Contact of the Greater Occipital Nerve [PDF]
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2017 Here we report a unique case of chronic occipital neuralgia caused by pathological vascular contact of the left greater occipital nerve. After 12 months of left-sided, unremitting occipital neuralgia, a hypesthesia and facial pain developed in the left ...
Byung-chul Son, Jin-gyu Choi
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Occipital neuralgia in lung carcinoma: A rare clinical scenario case report [PDF]
Archive of Oncology, 2018 Occipital neuralgia is an uncommon cause of pain over occipital region. When occipital nerves are affected due to osteogenic / vasculogenic / neurogenic causes it is manifested as a sharp shooting or stabbing type of pain over the occipital region of ...
Sarang Dhar Sovan +4 more
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Occipital Neuralgia: a noninvasive therapeutic approach
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2018 Objective: to evaluate the application of a noninvasive intervention consisting of a postural modification using personalized models and osteopathy in people with occipital neuralgia.
Pablo Jesús López-Soto +5 more
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Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation for Bilateral Greater Occipital Neuralgia [PDF]
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2014 This report describes a case of bilateral greater occipital neuralgia treated with cooled radiofrequency ablation. The case is considered in relation to a review of greater occipital neuralgia, continuous thermal and pulsed radiofrequency ablation, and ...
Tiffany Vu, Akhil Chhatre
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