Occipital Nerve Block for Surgery on the Posterior Scalp ()
Abstract
Patients that present with scalp
lesions within the distribution of cranial and spinal nerves may benefit considerably
from regional nerve blocks, in this case, an occipital nerve in combination
with spinal anesthesia for lower extremity anesthesia. Such blocks can be used
additionally as a source of postoperative pain relief.
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S. Mohammad, N. Marilyn, F. Daniel, D. Kaufman and A. Apostol, "Occipital Nerve Block for Surgery on the Posterior Scalp,"
Open Journal of Anesthesiology, Vol. 3 No. 1, 2013, pp. 33-34. doi:
10.4236/ojanes.2013.31009.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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