Bupivacaine: A local anesthetic drug commonly used for spinal anesthesia. Epidural anesthesia: An injection of the anesthetic drug into the epidural space (space just before the dura matter) covering ...

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 ...

A serious, undesirable effect of spinal anesthesia is high or total spinal block, with consequent cardiovascular and respiratory depression. Cardiovascular depression is induced by an extended block ...

An simple technique using local anesthetic mixed with magnetized "ferrofluids" may provide a new approach to preventing a rare but serious complication of spinal anesthesia. An simple technique using ...

The field of cutaneous analgesia and spinal anaesthesia has evolved considerably, underpinning advances in pain management for surgical and diagnostic procedures. Cutaneous analgesia focuses on ...

Laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) has been generally performed under general anesthesia. Laparoscopic appendectomy is rarely performed under regional anesthesia because of pneumoperitoneum-related ...

Spinal anesthesia was developed in the latter part of the last century when the German physicians Bier and Hildebrandt injected cocaine into their own cerebrospinal fluids. They experienced varying ...

For some surgeries, spinal anesthesia has been increasingly used instead of general anesthesia as a method to provide more comfort to patients and cut down on painkiller use. But research among hip ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of U.S. women who die from anesthesia complications during childbirth has fallen sharply in recent decades. But deaths specifically related to so-called regional ...

Anesthesia on the Continent has lagged behind anesthesia in the United States.... Recently, however, a large number of Continental clinics are using intravenous anesthesia extensively not only for ...

San Francisco, CA. (June 1, 2012) – An simple technique using local anesthetic mixed with magnetized "ferrofluids" may provide a new approach to preventing a rare but serious complication of spinal ...