Are redheaded women really more likely to have an inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) block fail than others? Or is this a modern medical myth regarding the most frequently administered local anesthesia ...

When patients walk into the office already in moderate to severe pain, their duress heightens the need for an effective anesthetic prior to treatment. Given the successful pain management of ...

A nerve block works by preventing pain signals from reaching the brain. There are permanent and temporary options. Both are generally safe procedures. Nerve blocks are an effective way to prevent, ...

This video provides an overview of how to administer a peripheral nerve block, which is also called regional anesthesia. Peripheral nerve block of the wrist or hand is used primarily for the repair of ...

The use of nerve blocks helped Susan Berger recover from her double mastectomy in December 2021 relatively pain-free. (William Kabaker) Perspective by Susan Berger As I faced a prophylactic double ...

A combination of two nerve blocks reduced immediate postsurgery opioid use in total hip arthroplasty (THA) patients by about 35% compared with use of a transmuscular quadratus lumborum block (T-QLB) ...