Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks have a higher success rate compared to nerve stimulation or other methods, according to a study conducted by the Department of Anesthesiology at Johns Hopkins ...

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 ...

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the most common elective surgeries in the United States, with 680,150 procedures performed in 2014, a number that is projected to increase by 189% to 1.28 ...

Pendergrast is an anesthesiology resident physician at the University of Michigan. The 1 in 5 Americans suffering from chronic pain may soon lose access to evidence-based interventions that have ...

A combination of two nerve blocks reduced immediate postsurgery opioid use in total hip arthroplasty (THA) patients by about 35% compared with use of a transmuscular quadratus lumborum block (T-QLB) ...

The modifiers below are approved modifiers for use with peripheral block procedures. Payment will only be made once during an episode of care. Modifier -59 is required to distinguish the block from ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Older patients with no comorbidities may benefit the most from a peripheral nerve block prior to total joint ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . According to published results, peripheral nerve blocks may effectively reduce postoperative pain in patients ...