"Regional anesthesia is becoming a very important part of our practice," said Dr. Paul Naour, an anesthesiologist with McLean County Anesthesiology, which provides care at OSF St. Joseph Medical ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Manipulation under anesthesia with or without lysis of adhesion after total knee arthroplasty may ...

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 ...

In order to avoid some of the pain and the associated medications that can cause nausea, more patients are choosing an option to block pain just where it hurts. As knee replacement surgery becomes ...

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 ...

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 ...