title: Greater occipital nerve block.
abstract: The occipital nerve block is used to diagnose and treat occipital neuralgia. The clinical presentation of occipital neuralgia, the anatomy of the greater occipital nerve, and the technique of the occipital nerve block is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D003391:Cranial Nerves; D006801:Humans; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*