Author: Sophie Eydis Becker’s ASC Review Anesthesia staffing challenges are moving from a persistent operational headache to a defining structural force for ASCs. As workforce shortages persist, labor costs rise and reimbursement pressures intensify, ASC leaders are rethinking clinical models, partnerships and growth strategies to maintain access, efficiency and financial stability. Anesthesia workforce strain isn’t […]
Read MoreAuthors: Pereira F et al. Cureus, 18(1): e101604, January 2026 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.101604 SummaryThis case report describes the anesthetic management of the first fully robotic simultaneous living donor liver transplant (LDLT) performed in Europe. The procedure involved two parallel operations conducted in adjacent operating rooms using dual robotic platforms: a robotic right hepatectomy in a healthy […]
Read MoreAuthors: Uppalapati V et al. Cureus, Volume 18, Issue 1, Article e101662, January 2026. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.101662. SummaryThis case report describes the perioperative airway assessment and management of a 56-year-old man with long-standing temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis and a prior history of emergency tracheostomy following a cannot-intubate, cannot-ventilate scenario. The coexistence of severely restricted mouth opening, […]
Read MoreAuthors: Pinehas N L et al. Cureus, 18(1): e101584, January 2026 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.101584 SummaryThis case report describes severe magnesium toxicity in a 22-year-old pregnant patient treated for eclampsia using a standard intramuscular Pritchard magnesium sulfate regimen in the setting of preeclampsia-related renal dysfunction. Despite receiving guideline-recommended dosing, impaired renal excretion led to progressive hypermagnesemia with […]
Read MoreAuthors: Cabral J et al. Cureus, 18(1): e101278, January 2026 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.101278 SummaryThis case report describes the anesthetic and multidisciplinary management of an awake craniotomy performed in a 12-year-old boy with recurrent left parietal ganglioglioma causing drug-resistant epilepsy. The lesion was located near eloquent language cortex, prompting selection of an awake approach to maximize tumor […]
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