In 2014, one of my now-retired colleagues, Lyle Sorensen, said to then 57-year-old Seattle resident Mary Lou Hanske, “You definitely needed a new knee,” when she was in the recovery room following ...

A recent study of an ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia technique, called femoral nerve block, shows that it leads to less opioid use and allows the majority of patients to go home within hours of ...

Knee or hip replacement patients who forego general anesthesia during surgery and instead receive pain-blocking medication recover more quickly and report less pain, according to the February issue of ...

Patients who are black, Hispanic, on Medicaid or are uninsured may be less likely to receive regional anesthesia during hip and knee replacement surgery, possibly putting them at greater risk of ...

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Two types of regional anesthesia do not make patients more prone to falls in the first days after having knee replacement surgery as some have previously suggested, according to a study based on ...

Postoperative pain is a primary reason young children and teenagers spend a night in the hospital after knee surgery. A recent study by researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital found that an ...

Genicular nerve block injections provided temporary pain relief in knee osteoarthritis It can be an effective treatment option for patients waiting for, or wishing to defer surgery Results from a ...

SAN DIEGO – Surgeons and anesthesiologists are increasingly resistant to using popliteal regional block anesthesia in foot and ankle surgery, but a recent study confirms that it is safe and effective ...

A recent study of an ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia technique, called femoral nerve block, shows that it leads to less opioid use and allows the majority of patients to go home within hours of ...