Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 128-132 , July 2009

Ultrasound-guided third occipital nerve and cervical medial branch nerve blocks

  • Andreas Siegenthaler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Therapy, University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Samer Narouze, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Pain Management Department, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Urs Eichenberger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Therapy, University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Urs Eichenberger, MD, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Therapy, University Hospital and University of Bern, Inselspital, CH-3010, Bern, Switzerland

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PII: S1084-208X(09)00031-7

doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2009.06.003

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 128-132 , July 2009

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