At this year’s American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine (ASRA) annual meeting, investigators at ...

In adults over 70, exposure to general anesthesia and surgery is associated with a subtle decline in memory and thinking skills, according to new research. The study analyzed nearly 2,000 people and ...

William Sieber was working in his garden. Wasn't he? He was sure he had been picking tomatoes just moments ago. Now he appeared to be in some kind of rehabilitation hospital. And weren't people ...

Even though it's planned and well-intentioned, the basic fact is that when you have surgery, someone is cutting through your skin and tinkering with your insides. Your body is going to react to that, ...

Meena Desai, MD, managing partner of Nova Anesthesia Professionals, discusses 10 important things every ambulatory surgery center leader should know about anesthesia provision in an ASC. 1. Robust ...

In a retrospective case series, surgical control and safety are maintained without systemic anesthesia, showing feasibility ...

Philip S. Koerper, MD, chief of anesthesia at Kentucky Surgery Center, recently sat down with an editorial staff member at Beckers ASC Review. He discusses five ways that ambulatory surgery center’s ...

Everyone is familiar with the throbbing, aching, pressurized pain that characterizes a headache. There are many different types of headache that can range in severity from mild to debilitating. They ...

Imagine having ankle surgery without general anesthesia, watching the whole procedure in real time, then walking out of the procedure on that very ankle. That’s just what patient Bill Segraves of ...

People should avoid drinking alcohol before surgery. Alcohol consumption before surgery can lead to severe complications during surgery and recovery. In some cases, alcohol use before surgery can be ...