When one trains to become a physician, there is a first time for everything - the first scary day in anatomy lab, the first physical exam, the first IV. My most memorable first was the time I poked a ...
The largest ever prospective study into the major complications of epidurals and spinal anesthetics concludes that previous studies have over-estimated the risks of severe complications of these ...
Spine surgery performed while people are 'wide awake' – rather than under general anaesthetic – could mean patients are back on their feet and out of hospital within hours rather than days. A ...
Q I am going to have an operation on my right hip, and my doctor spoke to me about spinal anaesthetic. What is the difference between a general and a spinal anaesthetic? A A general anaesthetic is ...
Wenzel Spine launched the Stand-alone lumbar interbody fusion procedure using the VariLift-Lx device, the devicemaker said Aug. 29. Varilift-Lx is the only standalone posterior lumbar interbody fusion ...
QUESTION: I had an operation many years ago and the doctor gave me a spinal. The surgery went well, but I had a terrible headache for many days afterward. Now I need to have surgery again. I am afraid ...
The largest ever prospective study [1,2] into the major complications [3] of epidurals and spinal anaesthetics published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia today (Monday 12 January 2009) concludes ...