local anesthesia
Automated Perineural Local Anesthetic Boluses Best for Foot and Ankle Surgery
When it comes to continuous sciatic nerve blocks for foot and ankle surgery, replacing a continuous basal infusion ...
DECEMBER 28, 2022
WHO Releases Pediatric Chronic Pain Guidelines
New guidelines released by the World Health Organization highlight the need for a biopsychosocial approach to pain ...
JUNE 28, 2021
The Rise, Fall and Rise Again: Navigating the History of Chloroprocaine In Ambulatory Surgery
The ebb and flow of trends in medicine has allowed chloroprocaine to once again gain popularity in the last decade.
MARCH 1, 2021
7 Questions for 7 Regional Anesthesiologists
We asked Stavros G. Memtsoudis, MD, PhD, to come up with seven interesting questions for a group of experts chosen ...
OCTOBER 12, 2020
Outcomes of Arteriovenous Fistulas Improve With Brachial Plexus Block
New York—One of the first studies of its kind has found that primary and functional patencies of ...
OCTOBER 26, 2018
In Arthroscopic Hip Surgery, Pre-op Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block Does Not Improve Pain Control
San Francisco—In patients undergoing arthroscopic hip surgery, the addition of a preoperative fascia iliaca ...
OCTOBER 28, 2017
Infiltration of Local Anesthetic Between Popliteal Artery And Knee Capsule Effective for Post-ACL Repair Pain Control
San Francisco—Results of a small pilot study suggest that infiltration of local anesthetic between the ...
OCTOBER 18, 2017
Local Anesthetic Injection Through Catheter Improves Block Outcomes
San Francisco—A comparison of injection of local anesthetic through a catheter versus a needle for ...
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
Novel Anesthetic Combination Shows Promise For Medialization Thyroplasty
A new approach to anesthesia for use during medialization thyroplasty, a procedure to correct unilateral vocal cord ...
MARCH 10, 2017
Dose of Bupivacaine in Spinal-Epidural Analgesia For External Cephalic Version Does Not Affect Success
The dose of local anesthetic used in spinal-epidural analgesia for external cephalic version has no influence on ...
MARCH 7, 2017
Supraclavicular Approach Lowers Incidence of Phrenic Nerve Involvement
A comparison of interscalene and supraclavicular approaches with brachial plexus block during shoulder surgery ...
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
Amylene to Xenon: Anesthesia Dead Ends and Unfulfilled Promises
One of the original anesthetic agents of modern Western medicine, nitrous oxide, is still in clinical use today. ...
FEBRUARY 23, 2016
