Greater occipital nerve

A review of the records reveals the member to be an adult female with a birth date of 09/16/1971. The member has a diagnosis of occipital neuralgia. The member has been evaluated by two specialists, Ziv Peled, MD and David Rosenberg, MD, who have recommended the member undergo bilateral occipital neuroplasty. The carrier has denied coverage of occipital neuroplasty as experimental or investigational and not medically necessary. There is a letter from the carrier to the member dated 02/11/2016

recovery” (p.195). The patient has suffered structural defects suggesting more severe injuries, coup contusions of greater size are commonly associated with haematomas. A secondary provisional diagnosis based on the physical assessment alone, indicates a skull laceration or contusion, potential skull fracture, and intracranial haematoma. Haemorrhaging due to a tear in the occipital brain

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which nerves control which muscles to cause the needed eye movements). Action: Muscle: Origin: Insertion: Nerve: Eye looks down Inferior Rectus Sphenoid around optic canal Inferior, medial surface of eyeball Oculomotor Nerve III Eye looks laterally Lateral Rectus Sphenoid around optic canal Lateral surface of eyeball Abducens Nerve VI Eye rolls, looks down and laterally Superior Oblique Sphenoid around optic canal Superior, lateral surface of eyeball Trochlear Nerve IV

stationary related to her condition. Primarily reports aching sensation along the right side of the cervical spine radiating outwards the right shoulder girdle. She also reports more prominent right occipital region headaches, which radiates to the bilateral temporal region. Numbness in both hands, right greater than left is also reported. A mild aching sensation in the lower lumbar spine is also reported, but this is not a predominant symptoms. She rates the current pain as 4 with ranges between 2 to

Key Points 1. Approach to the paediatric neurosurgical patient is different because of age-related changes in neurophysiology and cranial development. 2. The signs and symptoms of raised intracranial pressure in paediatric neurosurgical cases are age specific. 3. Blood loss due to surgery or tumor bleed into the cavity constitutes a major fraction of total blood volume in the paediatric population. 4. Capnography is the most feasible and safer method to monitor venous air embolism in children

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“intervertebral disc herniation because it may impinge on the nerve roots, causing radiculopathy or partial paralysis” (Kuzma). This is caused and very common in the cervical spine. Within the brachial plexus, there are many elements. It “comprises the ventral rami of the C5-T1 spinal nerve roots, which joint together to form the roots, trunks, divisions, cords, and terminal branches of the brachial plexus” (Kuzma).With the disc herniation, the T2 nerve root is affect but also so is the T1. It causes impingement

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