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Coma After Greater Occipital Nerve Blockade in a Patient With Previous Posterior Fossa Surgery
Author(s) -
Sprenger Till,
Seifert Christian L.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/head.12015
Subject(s) - medicine , blockade , posterior fossa , coma (optics) , craniotomy , anesthesia , surgery , physics , receptor , optics
We here report the case of a patient who previously underwent posterior fossa surgery and was later treated with greater occipital nerve blockade for unilateral facial pain. The patient went into coma immediately post‐injection but made a full recovery without sequelae after intensive care treatment. Physicians should be aware of the risks of greater occipital nerve blockade after previous posterior fossa craniotomy.