Figure 2 Ultrasound-guided cervical selective nerve block at the C4 level. The needle (arrows) is advanced caudally, at an angle of 45-60°, until its tip (asterisk) comes close to the C4 nerve root ...

Surgeons know the associated risks with cervical nerve root blocks to treat radiculopathy and avoid surgery, but until now, researchers had not evaluated their efficacy.K. Daniel Riew, MD, and his ...

Since many years we routinely use diagnostic selective nerve root blocks (SNRB) at our department when evaluating patients with cervical radiculopathy. Frequently patients who also presented with ...

A comment on this article appears in " Is there a need for contrast administration prior to CT-guided cervical nerve root block? " AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2013 Apr;34 (4):E45. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A3544.

A decreased pin-prick sensation in the distribution of a cervical nerve root along with neck pain strongly suggests a compressive lesion of the cervical nerve root (Figure 12, Table 4 ).

Technical Terms Cervical Plexus Block: A regional anaesthetic technique involving the injection of local anaesthetic near the cervical nerve roots to block sensation in the neck region.