Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks for preoperative pain management after hip fracture provide improvements over conventional anesthesia including greater pain reduction and fewer adverse events, results ...

Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks performed by emergency practitioners are safe and effective for acute pain management and could form a crucial part of multimodal pain management in the emergency ...

According to the American Academy of Pain Management, millions of Americans suffer from chronic pain, and when medication and other treatments don't work, doctors may turn to nerve blocks to diagnose ...

Multiple Medicare administrative contractors have proposed local carrier determinations that would restrict coverage for many ...

A study led by doctors at the Medical University of South Carolina and UMass Chan Medical School found that ultrasound-guided nerve blocks helped kids with broken thigh bones, also known as femurs, ...

Medical researchers have developed a slow-release local anesthetic that could potentially revolutionize treatment of pain during and after surgery. By encapsulating anesthetics in fatty particles and ...

The stellate ganglion are sympathetic nerves in your neck. They're found on either side of your voice box. You can get an injection called a stellate ganglion block (sympathetic nerve block) to ease ...

Results from a recent clinical trial published by Wiley in Arthritis & Rheumatology demonstrate that patients with knee osteoarthritis experience short term pain relief from genicular nerve blocks - ...

Pain is one of the unpleasant experiences that occupies an individual in the form of stiff muscles, chronic pain, or body aches. Be it a minor inconvenience or suffering, painkillers are seen as the ...

Pacira BioSciences PCRX announced results from a pilot study evaluating the unique therapeutic approach of its iovera system ...