Occipital nerve release in patients with whiplash trauma and occipital neuralgia

Headache

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-36

  Magńsson, Torfi ^a   Ragnarsson, Thórir ^a   Björnsson, Aron ^a  

^a Reykjavik City Hospital   (Iceland)

Author keywords

greater occipital nerve; neurolysis; occipital neuralgia; whiplash

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEURALGIA; NEUROLYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLES; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEURALGIA; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 0030069391     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1996.3601032.x     Document Type: Article

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