When one trains to become a physician, there is a first time for everything - the first scary day in anatomy lab, the first physical exam, the first IV. My most memorable first was the time I poked a ...

A study, presented at Anesthesiology 2017, examined the effectiveness of spinal and general anesthesia in spine surgery patients, Medscape reports. New York City-based Montefiore Medical Center’s ...

BOSTON — Use of spinal anesthesia instead of general anesthesia for spine surgery improved patient recovery and reduced costs by nearly 10%, according to the results of a single-institution study ...

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai launched a joint replacement recovery program that leverages spinal and regional anesthesia to help patients walk sooner and return home faster after surgery.  The ...

Declan Koehler was a little cranky Friday as he lay on the operating table at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Responding to the 7-month-old boy’s cries, one anesthesiologist offered up a cellphone ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Results showed opioid-sparing anesthesia in adult spinal deformity surgery reduced total opioid ...

Spinal anesthesia is neither more safe nor more effective than general anesthesia for patients undergoing hip fracture surgery, a large new study finds. Investigators monitored surgical outcomes in ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released a drug safety advisory with recommendations aimed at reducing the risk of spinal column bleeding after spinal intervention, including epidural ...

Q: I have a minor surgical procedure coming up. Will I have any say in the type of anesthesia the doctor uses? A: For some surgical procedures, more than one type of anesthesia may be appropriate. The ...