Trescot Andrea, Racz Gabor, Nagy Laszlo, Suboccipital Decompression for Occipital Neuralgia, Journal of Spine and Neuroscience, Volume 1, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 4-11, ISSN 2694-1201, https://doi.org/10.14302/issn.2694-1201.jsn-17-1527.
(https://oap-researcharticles.org/jsn/article/550)
Abstract: 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 suboccipital region. Because of the potentially dangerous structures in this region, clinicians have tended to avoid the suboccipital region, despite the pathologies seen in this region. This article discusses the pathology of the region, the alternative techniques, and the novel interventional approach developed for this region, specifically the “Stealth” approach of occipital decompression.
Keywords: occipital neuralgia; suboccipital headaches; suboccipital nerve entrapment; suboccipital decompression; Stealth needle; Stealth decompression.