Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO – Surgeons and anesthesiologists are increasingly resistant to using popliteal regional block ...

General anesthesia is associated with an increased risk of infant intubation and low Apgar scores, relative to regional anesthesia. An analysis of 50,806 cesarean deliveries strongly supports ...

Using preoperative and intraoperative duplex imaging, we aggressively maintain an all-autogenous policy at our institution. Regional blocks remain an integral tool in obtaining these results. These ...

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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 ...

ASCs have long relied on general anesthesia with “breathing tube” devices, followed by narcotic-based based pain management in surgery patients. The use of opioids, however, has led many facilities to ...

Regional anesthesia significantly reduces nausea and opioid use in the first two days after kidney transplantation, according to a Renal and Urology News report. A study presented at the American ...

When and how procedural anesthesia and postoperative pain blocks are administered often play a role in procedure reimbursements for care. There are various POP blocks available for anesthesiologists ...

A study in the September issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia reported an existing surgical robot could be used to perform complex regional anesthesia procedures, theoretically allowing expert ...

Owing to the overall poor medical health of patients with end-stage renal disease, we have sought alternatives to the use of general anesthesia for access procedures. Furthermore, since local ...