Anorectal day surgery has gained significant importance in contemporary medicine, owing to its convenience and cost-effectiveness, and the demands for rapid recovery. Spinal anesthesia (SA) is widely ...

There are no differences in the safety or effectiveness of the two most common types of anesthetic (spinal versus general anesthesia) in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery, according to the ...

Spinal anesthesia doesn’t cause or worsen restless leg syndrome, according to a new study published as a letter to the editor in the Nov. 20 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The study ...

A randomized trial evaluating spinal as compared with general anesthesia for hip-fracture surgery in adults 50 years of age or older did not show superiority of spinal anesthesia with respect to a ...

There is still no consensus on how to determine the dose of spinal anaesthesia with adequate sensory block for a planned surgery. This retrospective study aimed to explore the associations of ...

Heitor Medeiros, MD, and A. Sassan Sabouri, MD, of the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, are the lead and corresponding authors, respectively ...

SingHealth is working to further implement across Singapore a novel AI system that automatically identifies spinal landmarks during anaesthetic procedures. Called uSINE, the AI technology was recently ...