1998
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1998000500004
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Greater occipital nerve blockade in cervicogenic headache

Abstract: -Cervicocogenic headache (CeH) is a relatively common disorder. Although no ideal treatment is available so far, blockades in different structures and nerves may be temporarily effective. We studied the effects of 1-2 mL 0.5% bupivacaine injection at the ipsilateral greater occipital nerve (GON) in 41 CeH patients. The pain is significantly reduced both immediately and as long as 7 days after the blockade. The improvement is less marked during the first two days, a phenomenon we called "tilde pattern". GON blo… Show more

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“…Different treatments for occipital neuralgia have been evaluated (Magnú sson et al, 1996;Vincent et al, 1998). Anesthetic blockade is one of the most common diagnostic and therapeutic options for occipital neuralgia, as it is easy and quick to carry out in clinical practice (Caputi and Firetto, 1997;Lavin and Workman, 2001).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Different treatments for occipital neuralgia have been evaluated (Magnú sson et al, 1996;Vincent et al, 1998). Anesthetic blockade is one of the most common diagnostic and therapeutic options for occipital neuralgia, as it is easy and quick to carry out in clinical practice (Caputi and Firetto, 1997;Lavin and Workman, 2001).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The best method of identifying the GON as the cause of the symptoms in occipital neuralgia, however, is diagnostic anesthetic blockade of the nerve (Gawel and Rothbart, 1992;Rifat and Lombardo, 1995;Ward, 2003). Furthermore, this procedure seems to be therapeutically efficient, with a relatively long duration of pain relief (Vincent et al, 1998;Ward, 2003). The peripheral course of the GON in the suboccipital region, however, cannot be localized easily for diagnostic or therapeutic treatment.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Os mecanismos responsáveis por este padrão são desconhecidos até o presente momento. Pacientes com cefaléia cervicogênica, submetidos ao bloqueio anestésico com BP, apresentaram padrão semelhante (aumento da intensidade da dor) até dois dias após a infiltração do NOM, padrão este denominado pelo autor como padrão til 27 .…”
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“…A cefaléia ficou muito mais intensa em topografia da região temporal e suboccipital no Caso 2 e em todo hemicrânio no Caso 3. A piora da dor após a infiltração do NOM em portadores de CC é uma característica própria, que pode ocorrer até 72 horas após o bloqueio anestésico, como já mostrado em estudos anteriores 15 .…”
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