TITLE:
Occipital Nerve Block for Surgery on the Posterior Scalp
AUTHORS:
Saad Mohammad, Ng Marilyn, Fitzpatrick Daniel, D. Kaufman, Alexander Apostol
KEYWORDS:
Occipital Nerve; Block; Posterior Scalp; Regional Anesthesia; Skin Graft
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Anesthesiology,
Vol.3 No.1,
January
31,
2013
ABSTRACT:
Patients that present with scalp
lesions within the distribution of cranial and spinal nerves may benefit considerably
from regional nerve blocks, in this case, an occipital nerve in combination
with spinal anesthesia for lower extremity anesthesia. Such blocks can be used
additionally as a source of postoperative pain relief.