Ultrasound-guided greater occipital nerve block for patients with occipital headache and short term follow upopen access
- Authors
- Shim, Jae Hang; Ko, So Young; Bang, Mi Rang; Jeon, Woo Jae; Cho, Sang Yun; Yeom, Jong Hoon; Shin, Woo Jong; Kim, Kyoung Hun; Shim, Jae-Chol
- Issue Date
- Jul-2011
- Publisher
- the Korean Society of Anesthesiologists
- Keywords
- Greater occipital nerve block; Occipital headache; Ultrasound; Visual analogue scale
- Citation
- Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, v.61, no.1, pp.50 - 54
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- SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
- Volume
- 61
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 50
- End Page
- 54
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/168022
- DOI
- 10.4097/kjae.2011.61.1.50
- ISSN
- 2005-6419
- Abstract
- Background: The greater occipital nerve (GON) block has been frequently used for different types of headache, but performed with rough estimates of anatomic landmarks. Our study presents the values of the anatomic parameters and estimates the effectiveness of the ultrasound-guided GON blockade. Methods: The GON was detected using ultrasound technique and distance from external occipital protuberance (EOP) to GON, from GON to occipital artery and depth from skin to GON was measured in volunteers. Patients with occipital headache were divided into two groups (ultrasound-guided block: group S, conventional blind block: group B) and GON block was performed. The same parameters were measured on group S and VAS scores were assessed at pretreatment, 1 week and 4 weeks after treatment on both groups. Results: The GON had distance of 23.1 ± 3.4 mm (right) and 20.5 ± 2.8 mm (left) from EOP to GON. Its depth below the skin was 6.8 ± 1.5 mm (right) and 7.0 ± 1.3 mm (left). The distance from GON to occipital artery was 1.5 ± 0.6 mm (right) and 1.2 ± 0.6 mm (left) in volunteers. Initial VAS score of group S and group B patients were 6.4 ± 0.2 and 6.5 ± 0.2. VAS score of 4 weeks after injection were 2.3 ± 0.2 on group S and 3.8 ± 0.3 on group B (P = 0.0003). Conclusions: The parameters measured in this study should be useful for GON block and ultrasound-guided blockade is likely to be a more effective technique than blind blockade in occipital headache treatment.
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