There are many advantages to using local anesthesia with IV sedation during minimally invasive spinal procedures. Agnes P. Green, MD, a board certified anesthesiologist at The Bonati Spine Institute ...

But Dr. Shire emphasizes that results are also shaped by technical and artistic decisions made during surgery, particularly ...

Liposomal bupivacaine was launched on the market twelve years ago to provide long-lasting local control of pain. The medication is used as a local anesthetic, particularly for orthopedic operations. A ...

All current local anesthetics block sensory signals—pain—but they also interrupt motor signals, which can be problematic. For example, too much epidural anesthesia can prevent mothers in labor from ...

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 ...