A pilot study conducted at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) shows evidence that a mid-calf nerve block is a safe and effective regional anesthetic option for foot and ankle surgeries and may enable ...

Anesthesia is a type of medication that prevents people from feeling pain during or following surgery. There are four main categories of anesthesia: local, regional, general, and sedation. Share on ...

‌Local anesthesia numbs a part of your body so that your doctor can stitch up a wound or take a biopsy without you feeling any pain. Unlike general anesthesia, where you are put to sleep during a ...

Popliteal blocks are more effective than general anesthesia alone for pain control during open reduction and internal fixation of ankle fractures, according to an Ortho SuperSite report. Patients may ...

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 ...

This single-institution, pre- post-intervention, retrospective study (2019–2021) compared the effect of dorsal penile nerve and ring block of 20 cc bupivacaine (0.25%) with and without dexmedetomidine ...