In rats, the approach extended local anesthesia from hours to weeks, suggesting a possible path toward much longer-lasting ...

All current local anesthetics block sensory signals—pain—but they also interrupt motor signals, which can be problematic. For example, too much epidural anesthesia can prevent mothers in labor from ...

With local anesthesia, the injection technique, not just the "anesthetic agent itself," influences the pain. Cutaneous pain ...

The localized loss of sensation with resultant reduction in pain stimuli is the end result of local anesthesia. This mode of anesthesia is considered to be safer than general anesthesia, because it ...

Spinal anesthesia is one of the most dependable tools in modern operating rooms. A single injection of local anesthetic into the cerebrospinal fluid surrounding the spinal cord can render a patient ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—Going with a minimalist approach that involves local instead of general anesthesia appears to have several advantages for patients undergoing TAVR, according to a new meta-analysis. In ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A strategy of local anesthesia without sedation was safe vs. conscious sedation for patients undergoing TAVR.

(WHTM) — I recently underwent a procedure requiring me to have local anesthesia placed in the area where the doctor was working. I felt nothing and it was wonderful not worrying about pain while the ...

Up to 96% of patient who undergo prostate biopsy report pain. We performed periprostatic local anesthesia injection in an effort to improve patient acceptance of prostate biopsy. Sixty patients were ...

The outcome of deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery for Parkinson disease (PD) is comparable when performed under general or local anesthesia, results of a new randomized trial show. Investigators ...