Cervical facet injections in the management of cervicogenic headaches.

Abstract

Cervicogenic headache is defined as headaches originating from cervical spine structures including cervical facet joints, cervical intervertebral discs, skeletal muscles, connective tissues, and neurovascular structures. Cervical facet injections with steroids have been used to alleviate cervicogenic headache secondary to cervical facet arthropathy. In this article, we will review the cervical spine anatomy, cervical facet injections, and the efficacy of cervical facet injections as a treatment for cervicogenic headache.

• Authors: Andrew Ng, Dajie Wang
• Journal: Current pain and headache reports (Curr Pain Headache Rep) Vol. 19 Issue 5 Pg. 484 (May 2015) ISSN: 1534-3081 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 25795156 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)

Topics

• Cervical Vertebrae (surgery)
• Headache (surgery)
• Humans
• Injections (methods)
• Intervertebral Disc (surgery)
• Post-Traumatic Headache (therapy)
• Zygapophyseal Joint (surgery)