Lt. Col. Brian Kirkwood, a comprehensive dentist and chief AI officer with the USAISR team, known as CRT3, said the inspiration for the ultrasound nerve block device was a talk by Maj. Gen ...

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said President-elect Trump has “no shortage of nerve” for asking Attorney General Merrick Garland to block the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s final ...

A peripheral nerve block is a procedure done by an anesthesiologist to provide postoperative pain relief for people having knee replacement surgery. The anesthesiologist (a doctor specializing in pain ...

Recent randomized controlled trial aimed to assess the efficacy of ultrasound-guided suprazygomatic maxillary nerve block (SZMNB) for postoperative pain management in patients undergoing functional ...

Researchers have found that suprazygomatic maxillary nerve (SZMN) blocks can significantly reduce postoperative opioid consumption and pain in children undergoing intracapsular adenotonsillectomy.

Although many kinds of nerve blocks exist, this treatment cannot always be used. If your pain isn't related to pain in a single or small group of nerves, nerve blocks may not be right for you.

Nerve blocks Your doctor might suggest a nerve block if you have pain that is difficult to treat. This is a way of killing or deadening a nerve to stop it causing pain. There are different types of ...

People will often experience smell and taste changes as a result of having a respiratory infection, though it took some time for this to be widely recognized as a common symptom of covid-19 ...

The FDA has approved a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) to expand the indication for bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension (Exparel; Pacira BioSciences, Inc.) for use in adult patients as ...

A preoperative nerve block used in combination with other medications can reduce the need for opioids to manage pain following spinal surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found. The ...

In this video, Stavros G. Memtsoudis, MD, PhD, MBA, FCCP, discussed the use of peripheral nerve blocks for older patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty.“We found that it was the healthier ...

Doctors at NorthShore University Health System are treating people suffering from symptoms of long COVID with a nerve block, a procedure that has been used for decades to treat pain.