When one trains to become a physician, there is a first time for everything - the first scary day in anatomy lab, the first physical exam, the first IV. My most memorable first was the time I poked a ...

BOSTON — Use of spinal anesthesia instead of general anesthesia for spine surgery improved patient recovery and reduced costs by nearly 10%, according to the results of a single-institution study ...

Declan Koehler was a little cranky Friday as he lay on the operating table at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Responding to the 7-month-old boy’s cries, one anesthesiologist offered up a cellphone ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Results showed opioid-sparing anesthesia in adult spinal deformity surgery reduced total opioid ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released a drug safety advisory with recommendations aimed at reducing the risk of spinal column bleeding after spinal intervention, including epidural ...

Spinal anesthesia is neither more safe nor more effective than general anesthesia for patients undergoing hip fracture surgery, a large new study finds. Investigators monitored surgical outcomes in ...

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai launched a joint replacement recovery program that leverages spinal and regional anesthesia to help patients walk sooner and return home faster after surgery.  The ...

Spinal anesthesia doesn’t cause or worsen restless leg syndrome, according to a new study published as a letter to the editor in the Nov. 20 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Published results showed rate of survival and recovery of ambulation at 60 days did not differ between use of ...

Q: I have a minor surgical procedure coming up. Will I have any say in the type of anesthesia the doctor uses? A: For some surgical procedures, more than one type of anesthesia may be appropriate. The ...