Anatomical variations of the occipital nerves: Implications for the treatment of chronic headaches

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 859-863

  Ducic, Ivica ^a   Moriarty, Maureen ^a   Al Attar, Ali ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FIBER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEURALGIA; OCCIPITAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CADAVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; SCALP;

EID: 67651219005     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318199f080     Document Type: Article

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