Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks for preoperative pain management after hip fracture provide improvements over conventional anesthesia including greater pain reduction and fewer adverse events, results ...

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the most common elective surgeries in the United States, with 680,150 procedures performed in 2014, a number that is projected to increase by 189% to 1.28 ...

Ultrasound localization can provide accurate anesthetic placement not made possible by other techniques, according to investigators. Anshuman Singh, MD, presented his group’s findings at the 2010 ...

Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks performed by emergency practitioners are safe and effective for acute pain management and could form a crucial part of multimodal pain management in the emergency ...

The spread of close to 80% of injectate to surrounding soft tissues following a nerve block to treat chronic pelvic pain suggests a need to reduce the quantity injected, according to a new study. The ...

Regional anesthesia techniques, such as nerve blocks, are routinely used in humans and can contribute to multimodal approaches to pain management in research animals. Ultrasound guidance is an ...

The use of ultrasound-guided paravertebral blocks during breast cancer surgery can improve the quality of recovery and decrease recovery time, according to a study published in the March edition of ...

Regional anaesthesia is used to enable surgery to be performed on specific parts of the body while the patient remains awake. Ultrasound-guided regional nerve block uses ultrasound to facilitate easy ...

An overview of multiple studies on pain relief finds that ultrasound-guided nerve block procedures do not significantly relieve pain, according to an Anesthesia & Analgesia report. Although half of ...