Study of the patient positioning for a safer ultrasound guided upper cervical facet joints injection and third occipital nerve block - Studio del posizionamento del paziente per una più sicura procedura di blocco ecoguidato delle faccette cervicali superiori e del terzo nervo occipitale

Cervical facet joints injections and epidural injections are the two most common interventions in managing chronic cervical pain. The C2-C3 joint and the third occipital nerve are very dangerous targets to be injected due to the proximity of the vertebral artery in the last portion V3 from the tran...

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Main Authors: Ezio Amorizzo, Fabrizio Micheli, Laura Patrizia Bucci, Felice Occhigrossi, Marco Mercieri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Publiediting 2018-02-01
Series:Pathos
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Online Access:https://www.pathos-journal.com/2018_1_182.html