Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks for preoperative pain management after hip fracture provide improvements over conventional anesthesia including greater pain reduction and fewer adverse events, results ...

Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks performed by emergency practitioners are safe and effective for acute pain management and could form a crucial part of multimodal pain management in the emergency ...

The pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block is an evolving ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia technique designed to target the articular branches supplying the hip joint. Developed to address the ...

The use of ultrasound-guided paravertebral blocks during breast cancer surgery can improve the quality of recovery and decrease recovery time, according to a study published in the March edition of ...

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 spread of close to 80% of injectate to surrounding soft tissues following a nerve block to treat chronic pelvic pain suggests a need to reduce the quantity injected, according to a new study. The ...

Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks have a higher success rate compared to nerve stimulation or other methods, according to a study conducted by the Department of Anesthesiology at Johns Hopkins ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ultrasound localization can provide accurate anesthetic placement not made possible by other techniques, ...

A regional anesthesia technique called thoracic paravertebral nerve block (TPVB) is highly effective in controlling pain after breast cancer surgery, but concern about potential complications may ...

Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of ultrasound-guided regional nerve block appears adequate to support the use of this procedure provided that normal arrangements are in place for clinical ...