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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Recent research indicates that using ultrasound guidance for the placement of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.