Techniques with regional anesthesia show better effectiveness for postoperative pain control, and opioid-free methods are ...

The use of regional anesthesia reduces acute postoperative pain associated with noncardiac surgery. It also decreases the incidence of prolonged opioid use and chronic postoperative pain at 3 and 6 ...

France: A prospective, double-blind randomized trial has found that wide-awake local anesthesia without a tourniquet provides ...

Anaesthesia is a controlled and reversible state of loss of sensation, which may either be with or without a loss of consciousness, which may be induced to allow surgical or diagnostic procedures.

Supplemental regional anesthesia may reduce opioid use in patients following microvascular free flap reconstruction of the oral cavity, according to a study published in the Journal of Oral and ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The use of regional anesthesia vs. general anesthesia was associated with a significant reduction in major ...

Two types of regional anesthesia do not make patients more prone to falls in the first days after having knee replacement surgery as some have previously suggested, according to a study based on ...

Switching from general to regional anaesthesia may help cut greenhouse emissions and ultimately help reduce global warming, indicates a real life example at one US hospital over the course of a year.

A review of more than 15,000 nerve block procedures performed in children at U.S. hospitals finds little or no risk of permanent complications or death, reports a new study A review of more than ...

Better management of anesthesia — techniques, patient selection and efficiency — has potential to add value to orthopedic practices, according to Michael R. Redler, MD, and Barry Stein, MD, both of ...