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Occipital Neuralgia: Surgical Treatment Failures by Filippo Ferretti is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This case report describes a woman who underwent multiple surgeries for occipital neuralgia. She initially underwent decompression of the greater occipital nerve due to entrapment. When her pain returned after one month, she had her first neurotomy (nerve cutting). Her pain returned again, so she had a second neurotomy where another branch of the greater occipital nerve was found and cut. Histological examination of the nerve showed degenerative changes. The patient

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Filippo Ferretti

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