Journal of Spine and Neuroscience
Open Access
Suboccipital Decompression for Occipital Neuralgia
Aug 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2694-1201.jsn-17-1527
Andrea TrescotCorresponding author
Cervicogenic headaches are a significant cause of head and neck pain, and occipital neuralgia is a common component of these cervicogenic headaches. Occipital injections are commonly performed at the occipital ridge, but this site does not address more proximal entrapments of the nerve in the subocc…