Surgical therapy of occipital (Arnold) neuralgia: A case series.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The idea to treat occipital neuralgia patients with a surgical procedure is relatively recent. The aim of this paper was to describe the surgical techniques and our 12-year experience in this field.

Materials and methods

From June 2011 till February 2022 we have performed surgery over 232 patients with occipital neuralgia.

Results

The surgical procedure elicited a positive response in 86% of the patients.

Conclusions

The described techniques allowed to obtain an high rate of positive results with a minimum percentage of complications.

SUBMITTER: Raposio G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9422306 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature