A study in BMC Anesthesiology finds combining anesthetic approaches in ACLr improves recovery and decreases complications.
People often worry if they'll panic or if it will hurt. Research and experience show that patients generally tolerate wide-awake surgery well.
Imagine having ankle surgery without general anesthesia, watching the whole procedure in real time, then walking out of the procedure on that very ankle. That’s just what patient Bill Segraves of ...
Intravenous (i.v.) anesthetics include etomidate, midazolam, propofol, thiopental, ketamine, and opioid agonists. The first four agents act by enhancing the activity of the inhibitory neurotransmitter ...
Regional anesthesia-typically with a spinal or epidural block-has long been favored for cesarean births due in part to concerns about the effects that general anesthesia may have on newborns during ...