When one trains to become a physician, there is a first time for everything - the first scary day in anatomy lab, the first physical exam, the first IV. My most memorable first was the time I poked a ...

A study, presented at Anesthesiology 2017, examined the effectiveness of spinal and general anesthesia in spine surgery patients, Medscape reports. New York City-based Montefiore Medical Center’s ...

BOSTON — Use of spinal anesthesia instead of general anesthesia for spine surgery improved patient recovery and reduced costs by nearly 10%, according to the results of a single-institution study ...

The question of whether an epidural or spinal is advisable after spinal surgery does not appear to have been studied systematically. What we know and how we practice is based on case reports, most of ...

Anesthesiologists must always wear face masks when material is injected into the epidural or spinal space, regardless of location, according to a post in Anesthesiology by J. Lance Lichtor, MD, ...

Every year, more than 13 million babies are born prematurely worldwide, and up to one-third of them require surgical repair of inguinal hernias—a procedure that, under general anesthesia, carries ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Published results showed rate of survival and recovery of ambulation at 60 days did not differ between use of ...

Q: I have a minor surgical procedure coming up. Will I have any say in the type of anesthesia the doctor uses? A: For some surgical procedures, more than one type of anesthesia may be appropriate. The ...