In patients who undergo lower limb orthopedic surgery, the use of single-shot femoral nerve block is associated with an ...

Newer equipment and improved ultrasound imaging make femoral nerve blocks a more viable choice for post-operative pain relief in total joint replacements, allowing patients to block pain just where it ...

Improving methods for pain relief and rapid recovery after knee replacement surgery is important for several reasons: The procedure is one of the most commonly done surgeries in the country, it is ...

Postoperative pain is a primary reason young children and teenagers spend a night in the hospital after knee surgery. A recent study by researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital found that an ...

A femoral nerve block involves the anesthesiologist injecting medicine in the vicinity of the femoral nerve, at the upper thigh. McLean County Anesthesiology uses femoral nerve blocks for knee surgery ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON — Patients who undergo ACL reconstruction with an adductor canal nerve block have similar perioperative ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CALGARY — Continuous femoral nerve block may provide sustained pain relief after ACL reconstruction without ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Exparel (bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension) to include both single-dose sciatic nerve ...

Sheep are frequently used for orthopedic studies 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. Orthopedic surgeries are expected to elicit pain. This pain should be mitigated as much as possible, for both humane reasons (to keep ...

Outcomes from two types of postoperative pain control methods were compared in a group of patients who had both of their knees replaced. A new study published in The Journal of the American ...