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For patients with cervicogenic headache

Lasting Analgesia for Subcompartmental GON Block

Subcompartmental greater occipital nerve block gives 24 weeks analgesia in cervicogenic headache
Atraumatic needles appear to be effective for preventing postdural puncture headache

Atraumatic Needles Prevent Postdural Puncture Headache

Significantly lower incidence of PDPH with atraumatic S-type versus traumatic Q-type needles
A procedure that delivers lidocaine directly to nerves in the back of the nasal cavity appears to offer significant relief to migraine sufferers

SIR: Intranasal Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block Eases Migraine

Therapy reduces pain level by about one-third for up to a month
Clinicians are increasingly ordering advanced imaging and referring to other physicians for headache but less often providing counseling

Clinicians Increasingly Ordering Imaging for Headaches

From 1999-2000 to 2009-2010, increases seen in use of CT/MRI, referrals to other physicians