The administration of spinal anesthesia requires appropriate positioning and an understanding of neuraxial anatomy. As mentioned earlier, spinal anesthesia is performed in the lumbar area ...

Neuraxial anesthesia is associated with significantly reduced odds of several major postoperative complications in patients undergoing hip fracture procedures, according to research presented at the ...

Patients were less likely to fall into the upper 75th percentile in terms of health care costs if they received neuraxial anesthesia (21.4%) or combined neuraxial-general (18.3%) than in the ...

A recent study in Anesthesiology found better outcomes for hip and knee arthroplasty procedures performed with neuraxial anesthesia. Of the 400 hospitals and 382,236 cases analyzed from 2006 to 2010, ...

General anesthesia yielded higher bone cement implantation syndrome rates vs. neuraxial anesthesia. Bone cement implantation syndrome was associated with postoperative hypoxia and prolonged ...

Specifically, the researchers studied neuraxial anesthesia, one type of regional anesthesia. Neuraxial anesthesia involves injecting medication into fatty tissue that surrounds the nerve roots in ...

Neuraxial anesthetic techniques are commonly used during the peripartum period to provide effective pain relief for labor and anesthesia during cesarean delivery. Major neurologic complications ...

There is a possible beneficial effect of using neuraxial anesthesia along with general anesthesia on prostate cancer surgery outcomes, according to a study published in the British Journal of ...

The additional expense of providing neuraxial anesthesia during the performance of external cephalic version (ECV) in breech fetal presentation may result in an overall cost savings because of the ...

A total of 82.1% of women undergoing cesarean delivery received neuraxial labor analgesia in situ. General anesthesia rates were no different from neuraxial analgesia rates for racial/ethnic groups.

Specifically, the researchers studied neuraxial anesthesia, one type of regional anesthesia. Neuraxial anesthesia involves injecting medication into fatty tissue that surrounds the nerve roots in ...