Occipital nerve blockade for cervicogenic headache: A double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial

Pain Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-95

  Naja, Zoher M ^a   El Rajab, Mariam ^a   Al Tannir, Mohamad A ^a   Ziade, Fouad M ^b   Tawfik, Omar M ^c  

^a MAKASSED GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cervicogenic headache; Nerve stimulation; Occipital blockade

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; DEFALGAN; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE PLUS PARACETAMOL; FENTANYL; KETOPROFEN; LIDOCAINE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CERVICOGENIC HEADACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NERVE STIMULATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARACERVICAL BLOCK; PHONOPHOBIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CLONIDINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLES; NERVE BLOCK; POST-TRAUMATIC HEADACHE; SPINAL NERVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646415635     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2006.00068.x     Document Type: Article

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