Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results showed the addition of a single-injection proximal sciatic nerve block to an adductor canal block ...

Epidural anesthetic or steroid injections, nerve blocks, and related interventions are commonly used to treat chronic back pain. This review found no solid evidence showing that these interventions ...

New research suggests that sedating patients before a nerve block needed to diagnose or treat chronic pain increases costs, risks and unnecessary surgeries, and sedation does nothing to increase ...

Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks for preoperative pain management after hip fracture provide improvements over conventional anesthesia including greater pain reduction and fewer adverse events, results ...

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, ...

NEWTOWN, Pa. -- For years, doctors have used electrical stimulators to block back pain. Now, the shrinking size of electronics has opened up new uses for them and are helping people with other kinds ...

In some cases, a steroid (cortisone) injection can reduce back pain and nerve pain that travels into your buttocks and legs by reducing inflammation. Our spine specialists may prescribe a combination ...

Results from a recent clinical trial published by Wiley in Arthritis & Rheumatology demonstrate that patients with knee osteoarthritis experience short term pain relief from genicular nerve blocks - ...