While doctors have significantly refined their techniques over the subsequent 150 years— ether made patients throw up and was flammable enough to cause mid-surgery explosions —there are still ...

You’ve likely been under anesthesia for different procedures, whether you were having a tooth removed or undergoing a major ...

The use of ultrasound in regional anesthesia does not result in better pain outcomes compared to traditional methods, according to research published in the September 2011 issue of Anesthesia & ...

Christopher Troianos, MD, FASE, is a board-certified anesthesiologist and the Chair of Enterprise Anesthesiology at Cleveland Clinic. After earning his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh ...

Anesthesia is administered to minimize pain or assist you in sleeping during surgeries or other invasive medical procedures that could otherwise lead to pain or discomfort. Medicare Part A covers ...

Older adults undergoing hip fracture surgery experience similar incidences of cognitive decline whether they recieve regional or general anesthesia, with no significant difference in depression, ...

The use of regional anesthesia compared with general anesthesia was not associated with lower 30-day mortality, according to a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. The ...

Anesthesia keeps patients safely unconscious during surgery—though researchers are still learning exactly how it works. The age of anesthesia began in 1846, when a man named Edward Abbott came to ...

(WHTM) — I recently underwent a procedure requiring me to have local anesthesia placed in the area where the doctor was working. I felt nothing and it was wonderful not worrying about pain while the ...

A person typically requires anesthesia to minimize pain during surgical or other invasive medical procedures. Medicare Part A covers anesthesia received during a hospital stay. However, Part B will ...