Your greater occipital nerve is responsible for most of the feeling in the back and top of your head. Irritation or inflammation of this nerve can cause headaches. People with occipital nerve ...

The occipital nerve runs from the base of the skull along the back of the head. An occipital nerve block is a procedure to temporarily provide relief from pain related to this nerve, such as that due ...

Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks for preoperative pain management after hip fracture provide improvements over conventional anesthesia including greater pain reduction and fewer adverse events, results ...

Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks have a higher success rate compared to nerve stimulation or other methods, according to a study conducted by the Department of Anesthesiology at Johns Hopkins ...

Regional nerve block is used for anaesthesia and/or analgesia during or after surgery, and also in the management of chronic pain. It may be used as an adjunct to general anaesthesia. It is delivered ...

ANKARA, Türkiye, Aug. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Nerveblox, an AI software solution by SmartAlpha, designed to assist physicians in using ultrasound while administering regional anesthesia procedures ...