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 ...

Spinal anesthesia doesn’t cause or worsen restless leg syndrome, according to a new study published as a letter to the editor in the Nov. 20 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The study ...

Spinal anesthesia is neither more safe nor more effective than general anesthesia for patients undergoing hip fracture surgery, a large new study finds. Investigators monitored surgical outcomes in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Results showed opioid-sparing anesthesia in adult spinal deformity surgery reduced total opioid ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Failed spinal anesthesia prior to arthroplasty was associated with inferior outcomes vs. successful anesthesia.

Declan Koehler was a little cranky Friday as he lay on the operating table at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Responding to the 7-month-old boy’s cries, one anesthesiologist offered up a cellphone ...

Undergoing general or spinal anesthesia does not alter short term adverse events in patients undergoing outpatient total knee arthroplasty (TKA) surgery, according to researchers from the Warren ...

THE relief of pain during childbirth has been since time immemorial a subject of discussion and controversy. At first the differences of opinion were based on biblical interpretations. Snow's use of ...

Another and important means of prevention of neurologic disease after spinal anesthesia involves the proper selection of patients. Afflictions of the central nervous system and spinal column are ...

Older adults who underwent hip fracture surgery fared about the same at 60 days post-procedure regardless of whether they received spinal or general anesthesia, a randomized study found. In addition, ...