Most local anesthetics used in medicine last only eight to 12 hours, or a day at most. Now, Boston Children's Hospital ...

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 ...

Nerve blocks—local anesthetic injections that block pain signals—are a valuable opioid-sparing technique for controlling pain after surgery. However, some patients experience temporary sharp increases ...

A combination of two nerve blocks reduced immediate postsurgery opioid use in total hip arthroplasty (THA) patients by about 35% compared with use of a transmuscular quadratus lumborum block (T-QLB) ...

The frontal block is used to attain regional anesthesia of the face. It’s usually chosen over local tissue infiltration since it has many advantages. A group of nerves dubbed as ganglion or plexus ...

The ScanNav Anatomy PNB system is sold as a standalone device that plugs into existing general-purpose ultrasound machines, but Intelligent Ultrasound is also working on licensing a version of its ...

Celiac plexus blocks can be used for pain associated with pancreatic cancer. They slightly reduce pain while decreasing opioid consumption, with fewer adverse effects compared with standard analgesic ...

People hospitalized for a debilitating migraine should receive targeted nerve blocks rather than IV opioids to quell their pain, a major update of treatment guidelines suggests. Doctors should use a ...

The use of nerve blocks helped Susan Berger recover from her double mastectomy in December 2021 relatively pain-free. (William Kabaker) Perspective by Susan Berger As I faced a prophylactic double ...

The hellish pain that started with 'Is this just muscle pain?'At first, it was just a slight discomfort.'The deep part of my right buttock feels a bit tight.''Maybe it's just lingering muscle pain ...