As the era of bundled payments and value-based care dawns, hospitals and patients alike are looking for high-quality healthcare experiences delivered at a lower cost. Newer modalities in anesthesia ...

Women, minorities and patients enrolled in Medicaid are less likely to receive regional anesthesia techniques that consistently improve outcomes after surgery, suggests research being presented at the ...

Diabetic neuropathy, a common complication of diabetes, entails progressive damage to peripheral nerves and manifests as sensory, motor, and autonomic deficits. In the context of regional anaesthesia, ...

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 ...

In patients undergoing surgery, regional anesthesia minimizes the use of opioids and is linked to smoother recovery, such as shorter hospital stays and reduced odds of postoperative nausea and ...

Although the incidence of perioperative nerve injuries (PPNIs) appears to be declining, patients who receive a combination of regional and general anesthesia are at increased risk for the problem, a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Using regional anesthesia for patients undergoing arteriovenous fistula creation for dialysis access conferred ...

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

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results showed periarticular injection may be linked to improved joint motion in knee and hip replacements. The ...

The benefits of using regional anesthesia are fairly well-known — nerve blocks provide excellent pain control with relatively little nausea for the patient, minimize the need for narcotics and allow ...