Machine: SonoSite M-Turbo
Transducer: HFL50 linear probe
Initial landmark:
- Locate the external occipital protuberance.
- Go 3-cm down, and 1.5-cm laterally.
Home Nerve Blocks - ultrasound procedures Greater Occipital Nerve Ultrasound – Greater Occipital Nerve Block
Conditions
Bertolotti’s syndrome – Atypical Cause of Low Back Pain
By Chris Faubel, M.D. -- Bertolotti's syndrome is an atypical cause of axial low back pain or buttock pain caused by a transitional lumbar vertebrae with a large transverse process that either fuses with the sacrum (sacral ala) or ilium, or forms a pseudoarticulation at that location.
Imaging
Auto-Resorption of Lumbar Disc Herniation
By Chris Faubel, M.D. -- MRIs one year apart showing resorption of a large lumbar disc herniation. This is spontaneous resorption of the disc without any surgical intervention.
