Occipital Neuralgia and Suboccipital Pain Syndromes

Adamov, Elizabeth; Fusco, Heidi N.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-50512-1_3

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“…This is likely because of the challenges involved in accurately estimating the frequency and severity of the condition, as well as in determining its underlying pathology. [39,40] Some people with occipital neuralgia don’t get well with medicine alone, so doctors also employ invasive procedures like Botox injections, occipital nerve blocks, pulsed radiofrequency, and, more recently, surgical procedures like neuro ablation or neurolysis. [41] A simpler and safer alternative to surgical therapy is an occipital nerve block.…”

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Effects of acupuncture in the treatment of occipital neuralgia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Zheng

et al. 2022

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Background: Acupuncture is used to treat subjects with occipital neuralgia, which is 1 of the main causes of occipital pain; however, its effect is conflicting. Hence, the current study aims to evaluate the effects of acupuncture in the treatment of occipital neuralgia.Methods: In a systematic search of PubMed, Embase, OVID, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Cochrane Library, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, Wanfang databases, and Google Scholar until July 2021, 15 studies aimed to evaluate the effects of acupuncture in the treatment of occipital neuralgia were included. Human-related trials were considered in different languages. The size of the study was not considered a limit for its inclusion and the study intervention should focus on comparing the impact of acupuncture in the intervention group compared with the control group.The odds ratio (OR) and the mean difference (MD) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated with a random or fixedeffect model for different subgroup analyses. Publication bias was assessed using the Egger test, while the risk of bias was assessed using the Review manager software.Results: Acupuncture had a significantly higher effective rate of treatment (OR, 5.40; 95% CI, 2.48 to 11.77, P < .001) compared to control in the treatment of occipital neuralgia and lower visual analogue scale (MD, −2.45; 95% CI, −2.69 to −2.21, P < .001). Acupuncture plus medication had a significantly higher effective rate of treatment (OR, 3.96; 95% CI, 2.10 to 7.47, P < .001) compared to medication in the treatment of occipital neuralgia. Acupuncture analysis for safety issues showed a significant reduction of adverse events compared with the medication group. Conclusion:Acupuncture alone or acupuncture plus medication had a significantly beneficial effect on the effective rate of treatment, safety and visual analog scale compared to medication in the treatment of occipital neuralgia. Further studies are required to validate these findings.

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Effects of acupuncture in the treatment of occipital neuralgia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Occipital Neuralgia and Suboccipital Pain Syndromes

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Effects of acupuncture in the treatment of occipital neuralgia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Effects of acupuncture in the treatment of occipital neuralgia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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