A key difference in their protocol as compared with usual care was using the regional anesthesia at the 36- to 37-week trial of ECV. A strategy commonly observed in the United States is to do a trial ...

Diabetic neuropathy, a common complication of diabetes, entails progressive damage to peripheral nerves and manifests as sensory, motor, and autonomic deficits. In the context of regional anaesthesia, ...

Women, minorities and patients enrolled in Medicaid are less likely to receive regional anesthesia techniques that consistently improve outcomes after surgery, suggests research being presented at the ...

The use of regional anesthesia reduces acute postoperative pain associated with noncardiac surgery. It also decreases the incidence of prolonged opioid use and chronic postoperative pain at 3 and 6 ...

Regional Anesthesia Linked to Better Hip Fracture Outcomes Regional anesthesia is associated with a lower risk of death and pulmonary complications compared with general anesthesia in patients ...

An existing surgical robot could be used to perform complex regional anesthesia procedures -- in theory, allowing expert anesthesiologists to perform robot-assisted procedures from remote locations, ...

SAN DIEGO — During hip and knee replacement surgery, black and Hispanic patients are less likely to receive regional anesthesia than white patients, new research suggests. This disparity could put ...

A highly underutilized anesthesia technique called neuraxial anesthesia, also known as spinal or epidural anesthesia, improves outcomes in patients undergoing hip or knee replacement, according to a ...

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.

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 ...

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