Nerve blocks are used for pain treatment and management. Often a group of nerves, called a plexus or ganglion, that causes pain to a specific organ or body region can be blocked with the injection of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with symptomatic rotator cuff tears experienced better pain relief and functional results with ...

Can a new liposomal bupivacaine product provide long-lasting nerve block with a single injection? An initial study in humans shows promise — but also some "confusing results." Can a new liposomal ...

The stellate ganglion are sympathetic nerves in your neck. They're found on either side of your voice box. You can get an injection called a stellate ganglion block (sympathetic nerve block) to ease ...

Doctors should use a nerve block injection to stop pain signals from thrumming through the occipital nerves located near the top of the spine, a report published in Headache: The Journal of Head and ...

The occipital nerve runs from the base of the skull along the back of the head. An occipital nerve block is a procedure to temporarily provide relief from pain related to this nerve, such as that due ...

New research suggests that sedating patients before a nerve block needed to diagnose or treat chronic pain increases costs, risks and unnecessary surgeries, and sedation does nothing to increase ...

Here are the 2010 Medicare reimbursement rates for 11 nerve block procedures performed in the ASC setting. 4. Nerve block injections(s), anesthetic agent and/or steroid, plantar common digital nerve(s ...