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This is for our pain practice providers. Published in Spine. 2015;40(2):77-85. Authors: Greger Lønne, MD et al Study Design Prospective randomized controlled multicenter study. Objective To compare the effect of X-Stop with minimally invasive decompression (MID) in patients with neurogenic intermittent claudication due to lumbar spinal stenosis. Summary of Background Data Lumbar spinal stenosis is the most common indication […]
Read MoreIt is important for those in the anesthesiology community to work together to improve infection control practices and to prevent the occurrence of infections linked to the practice of anesthesiology. That was the message from a session (“Infection Control Issues Impacting Anesthesia Practice: What’s the Evidence?”) held at the recent New York State Society of […]
Read MoreInjection of local anesthetic into part of the trigeminal nerve under fluoroscopic guidance is being used to treat migraine and other headaches. A new study showed that numbing the sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) with the aid of fluoroscopy improved headache pain by about a third, said lead researcher Kenneth Mandato, MD, assistant professor, Interventional Radiology, Albany […]
Read MoreNurses in the operating room will soon be able to access best practices with a simple tap on a tablet, using new technology to replace what has been for many an inefficient system of monitoring guidelines with paper and pencil. “You can imagine what it would be like to monitor 12, 15 cases a day, […]
Read MoreI thought this was very interesting so I wanted to share it with our readers. By Karen Sibert, MD American anesthesiology reached a significant milestone last year, though many of us probably missed it at the time. In February, 2014, the number of nurse anesthetists in the United States for the first time exceeded the […]
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