SAN DIEGO — Results showed interscalene blocks with liposomal bupivacaine and single-injection interscalene blocks with dexamethasone may yield similar analgesic outcomes to interscalene ...

Patients who received interscalene brachial plexus block plus soft tissue infiltration with Exparel when undergoing primary shoulder arthroplasty used significantly more narcotics postoperatively ...

Recently, the combined usage of interscalene brachial plexus block with general anesthesia (ISB/GA) was reported to have a lower incidence of adverse side effects than GA alone.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of Exparel (bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension; Pacira Pharmaceuticals) as an interscalene brachial plexus block to produce ...

Will the Real Benefits of Single-Shot Interscalene Block Please Stand Up? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis . Anesthesia & Analgesia , 2015; 1 DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000688 ...

“The addition of these new blocks, coupled with the previously approved interscalene brachial plexus nerve block and the ability to utilize Exparel as a fascial plane block provides clinicians ...