AAOM Member Dr. Dean Reeves Co-Publishes Article on US-Guided Treatment of Occipital Neuralgia

Dr Reeves has had the pleasure of working on a team with Dr Stan Lam since shortly following their introduction to superficial treatment of nerve inflammation by Dr. Jon Lyftogt. Dr Lam promptly began using D5W injection to treat compression neuropathies and  proximal nerves and plexi. Transition from Deep Regional Blocks toward Deep Nerve Hydrodissection in the Upper Body and Torso: Method Description and Results from a Retrospective Chart Review of the Analgesic Effect of 5% Dextrose Water as the Primary Hydrodissection Injectate to Enhance Safety - PMC (nih.gov). The research team expanded  to include Dr. Yung Tsan Wu in Taiwan who published the first RCT on carpal tunnel syndrome in Mayo Clinic Proceedings and spearheaded studies on the importance of volume in hydrodissection. Volume Effect of Nerve Hydrodissection for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Prospective, Randomized, and Single-Blind Study - PubMed (nih.gov) and mechanism studies on how dextrose helps nerve function.Biomedicines | Free Full-Text | The Potential of Glucose Treatment to Reduce Reactive Oxygen Species Production and Apoptosis of Inflamed Neural Cells In Vitro (mdpi.com). Along the way Drs. Lam and Wu have spearheaded advances in ultrasound technique, some of which has been shared in anatomically precise and practical methods for treatment such as the vagus nerve for recalcitrant chronic pain A Novel Ultrasound-Guided Bilateral Vagal Nerve Hydrodissection With 5% Dextrose Without Local Anesthetic for Recalcitrant Chronic Multisite Pain and Autonomic Dysfunction - PMC (nih.gov)  and most recently this article on  how to treat debilitating occipital neuralgia by presenting the anatomy behind two additional approaches which should provide options to make this treatment more feasible in practice to care for suffering patients. Diagnostics | Free Full-Text | Novel Ultrasound-Guided Hydrodissection with 5% Dextrose for the Treatment of Occipital Neuralgia Targeting the Greater Occipital Nerve (mdpi.com).  AAOM and Dr Reeves wish to acknowledge the fine efforts of Drs Lams and Wu and their willingness to bear the hard work of publication and the expense of emphasizing publication in open access locations available to their colleagues.