The platypus, a unique mammal, possesses a venom system in adult males delivered via hind leg spurs. This venom, primarily ...

Gaylord medical director Dr. Jerrold Kaplan said many patients these days are looking for alternatives to dealing with ...

A joint study between the United States and South Korea has found that traditional Korean medicine treatments, such as Chuna ...

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Raising the bar for surgical precision and patient recovery, Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital has offered the latest-generation Mako SmartRobotics system for knee and hip replacement procedures. This ...

Adding perineural dexamethasone or dexmedetomidine to ropivacaine for pediatric popliteal sciatic nerve blocks significantly prolongs analgesia and markedly reduces postoperative opioid consumption ...

What Is the Occipital Nerve? The occipital nerve is actually a group of nerves that give you feeling in your scalp. They branch off from larger nerves in your spinal cord. There are three kinds of ...

A study led by doctors at the Medical University of South Carolina and UMass Chan Medical School found that ultrasound-guided nerve blocks helped kids with broken thigh bones, also known as femurs, ...

Objective: To investigate the effect of single femoral nerve block (SFNB) with 0.2% ropivacaine 50 ml on postoperative pain and muscle strength in elderly patients undergoing knee replacement.

Abstract: Effective pain management is crucial in postsurgical care, with nerve blocks emerging as a promising alternative to traditional narcotic-based treatments. This paper investigates the ...