Spinal anesthesia is widely used to numb patients during surgery, but its effects sometimes wear off too soon.

I still remember when a patient woke up from hip surgery in tears—tears of relief. She had been terrified of waking up groggy ...

Heitor Medeiros, MD, and A. Sassan Sabouri, MD, of the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, are the lead and corresponding authors, respectively ...

It was developed as a minimally invasive technique for addressing prolonged and chronic atherogenic pain. The concept involves inducing necrosis of the medial branches of the posterior spinal nerves ...

These results indicate that achieving OFA or opioid-sparing anesthesia (OSA) through multimodal anesthesia (MMA) strategies, such as the use of sevoflurane anesthesia, plane blocks, and other ...

With preoperative forced air warming, continuous monitoring, and aggressive intraoperative warming techniques, spinal anesthesia can be used in patients with CAD. Given a strict temperature management ...

which has led to an increased emphasis on peripheral regional anesthesia techniques. This shift enhances patient recovery, reduces opioid-related side effects, and improves overall outcomes. CRNAs are ...