Regional nerve block is used for anaesthesia and/or analgesia during or after surgery, and also in the management of chronic pain. It may be used as an adjunct to general anaesthesia. It is delivered ...

New research suggests that sedating patients before a nerve block needed to diagnose or treat chronic pain increases costs, risks and unnecessary surgeries, and sedation does nothing to increase ...

The frontal block is used to attain regional anesthesia of the face. It’s usually chosen over local tissue infiltration since it has many advantages. A group of nerves dubbed as ganglion or plexus ...

PHOENIX — A Valley doctor is using a numbing procedure to treat pain that doesn’t require the use of opioids, which are highly addictive narcotic painkillers. Dr. Vivek Iyer, a pain management ...

Regional anesthesia techniques, such as nerve blocks, are routinely used in humans and can contribute to multimodal approaches to pain management in research animals. Ultrasound guidance is an ...

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NORWELL, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 2006--Concert Medical has announced the launch of BSmart(TM), the first objective nerve block injection pressure monitor for use in regional anesthesia.

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