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 ...

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 ...

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.

A new study found that the use of regional anesthesia was associated with a significant reduction in major pulmonary complications and death among patients undergoing hip fracture surgery. In a study ...

According to Germany’s Federal Health Reporting database, there were around 16 million surgeries in the country between 2010 and 2016. Data on whether general anesthesia or regional anesthesia was ...

Surgeon and patient satisfaction are integral parts of being a successful hospital in today’s healthcare landscape. And, according to Sonia Szlyk, MD, if hospitals implement one new service, they will ...

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.

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Patients who received regional anesthesia during hip fracture surgery had moderately lower mortality and a significantly lower length of stay than those who received general anesthesia, according to ...

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 ...

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 ...