Scalp Blocks

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Gottschalk A, Berkow LC, Stevens RD, et al. Prospective evaluation of pain and analgesic use following major elective intracranial surgery. JNeurosurg 2007;106(2):210-216.

Morad AH, Winters BD, Yaster M, et al. Efficacy of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia after supratentorial intracranial surgery: a prospective randomized controlled trial. JNeurosurg 2009.

Morad A, Winters B, Stevens R, et al. The efficacy of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia after intracranial surgery of the posterior fossa: a prospective, randomized controlled trial. AnesthAnalg 2012;114(2):416-423.

Maxwell LG, Buckley GM, Kudchadkar SR, et al. Pain management following major intracranial surgery in pediatric patients: a prospective cohort study in three academic children's hospitals. Paediatric anaesthesia 2014;24(11):1132-40. (In eng). DOI: 10.1111/pan.12489.

Gottschalk A, Yaster M. The perioperative management of pain from intracranial surgery. NeurocritCare 2009;10(3):387-402.

Papangelou A, Radzik BR, Smith T, Gottschalk A. A review of scalp blockade for cranial surgery. Journal of clinical anesthesia 2013;25(2):150-9. (In eng). DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2012.06.024.

Gottschalk A, Berkow LC, Stevens RD, et al. Prospective evaluation of pain and analgesic use following major elective intracranial surgery. Journal of neurosurgery 2007;106(2):210-6. (In eng). DOI: 10.3171/jns.2007.106.2.210.

Pinosky ML, Fishman RL, Reeves ST, et al. The effect of bupivacaine skull block on the hemodynamic response to craniotomy. Anesthesia and analgesia 1996;83(6):1256-61. (In eng). DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199612000-00022.

McDougall RJ, Rosenfeld JV, Wrennall JA, Harvey AS. Awake craniotomy in an adolescent. Anaesthesia and intensive care 2001;29(4):423-5. (In eng). DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0102900416.

Nguyen A, Girard F, Boudreault D, et al. Scalp nerve blocks decrease the severity of pain after craniotomy. Anesthesia and analgesia 2001;93(5):1272-6. (In eng). DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200111000-00048.

Xiong W, Wang Y, Li L, et al. Effect of scalp nerve block on postcraniotomy analgesia in children: a randomized, controlled trial. BMC anesthesiology 2024;24(1):441. (In eng). DOI: 10.1186/s12871-024-02822-0.

Suresh S, Voronov P. Head and neck blocks in children: an anatomical and procedural review. Paediatric anaesthesia 2006;16(9):910-8. (In eng). DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2006.02018.x.

Suresh S, Voronov P. Head and neck blocks in infants, children, and adolescents. Paediatric anaesthesia 2012;22(1):81-7. (In eng). DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2011.03701.x.