This question seems to come up a fair amount. Just a letter to the editor, but a nice dermatomal mapping is attached. Not so sure about the classic approach to the deep cervical plexus; this is a near-root structure. No needle description is give. I would hope it was large and non-sharp, with appropriate aspiration/open-air drain opportunities prior to injection.
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