Surgery in your future? We know what you’re probably thinking: Just knock me out. Here, however, dermatologist A. David Rahimi, MD, discusses why you should strongly consider local anesthesia instead ...

Local anesthesia is a better option than general for reducing complications and increasing comfort in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), according to a registry study ...

Is local infiltration of an abdominal wound with an anesthetic as effective as epidural anesthesia for the control of postoperative pain? The authors of this article combined the results of 9 ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—Going with a minimalist approach that involves local instead of general anesthesia appears to have several advantages for patients undergoing TAVR, according to a new meta-analysis. In ...

The localized loss of sensation with resultant reduction in pain stimuli is the end result of local anesthesia. This mode of anesthesia is considered to be safer than general anesthesia, because it ...

A new study has uncovered how the commonly used local anesthetic drug, lidocaine, activates bitter taste receptors to exert an anti-cancer effect in head and neck cancers. Given its low cost and ready ...

Up to 96% of patient who undergo prostate biopsy report pain. We performed periprostatic local anesthesia injection in an effort to improve patient acceptance of prostate biopsy. Sixty patients were ...

The advancement of dental local anaesthesia techniques has significantly improved pain management and patient comfort in clinical practice. Innovations such as needle‐free injections, ...

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New York, United States, July 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- An anesthetic is a drug used to induce temporary numbness or loss of sensation for diagnostic or surgical procedures. Anesthetics are of two ...