When one trains to become a physician, there is a first time for everything - the first scary day in anatomy lab, the first physical exam, the first IV. My most memorable first was the time I poked a ...

A numbing medicine largely abandoned decades ago for pain control during surgery could be making a comeback as an effective spinal anesthetic for today's modern-day knee replacement. In two companion ...

The largest ever prospective study into the major complications of epidurals and spinal anesthetics concludes that previous studies have over-estimated the risks of severe complications of these ...

Spine surgery performed while people are 'wide awake' – rather than under general anaesthetic – could mean patients are back on their feet and out of hospital within hours rather than days. A ...

Q I am going to have an operation on my right hip, and my doctor spoke to me about spinal anaesthetic. What is the difference between a general and a spinal anaesthetic? A A general anaesthetic is ...

The advantages of a spinal anaesthetic over a general one are that there is a lower risk of infection after surgery, less effect on the lungs and breathing, good pain relief immediately after surgery, ...

Background: Paralysis of abducens nerve is a very rare complication of lumbar puncture, which is a common procedure most often used for diagnostic and anesthetic purposes. Case Report: A 38-year-old ...

The largest ever prospective study into the major complications of epidurals and spinal anaesthetics concludes that previous studies have over-estimated the risks of severe complications of these ...