Mortality and morbidity after hip fracture are high and, as a result, a number of professional bodies and government initiatives have targeted these vulnerable patients (Royal College of Physicians, ...

While spinal anesthesia necessitates morphine or other narcotic drugs for post-operative pain, frequently leaving patients too sick or weak to begin rehabilitation, femoral nerve blocks allow enough ...

A single injection of liposomal bupivacaine produces femoral nerve block lasting longer than 24 hours in volunteers, according to a study by Dr Brian M. Ilfeld and colleagues of University of ...

BOSTON — Patients who undergo ACL reconstruction with an adductor canal nerve block have similar perioperative pain control and narcotic requirements compared to patients who receive femoral ...

Use of intermittent femoral and sciatic nerve block combined with an in-house physiotherapy protocol among patients with knee stiffness produced early gain of range of motion, less range-of-motion ...

Neuropathies (nerve damage) of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve can arise from many different clinical situations, and often manifest as sensory loss or pain, which can be tingling, aching, or ...

A total of 100 patients received a femoral nerve block prior to TKA of 67 mg, 133 mg or 266 mg of EXPAREL or placebo (25 patients per group).

Susan Steele, MD, an anesthesiologist at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, N.C., said nerve blocks minimize requirements for narcotics and allow patients to get back to work sooner. The nerve block can be ...