Background The use of peripheral nerve blocks for anesthesia and postoperative analgesia
has increased significantly in recent years. Adjuvants are frequently added to local …

Although postoperative pain remains incompletely controlled in some settings, increased
understanding of its mechanisms and the development of several therapeutic approaches …

BACKGROUND: Interscalene block (ISB) can provide pain relief after shoulder surgery, but
a reliable quantification of its analgesic benefits is lacking. This meta-analysis examines the …

Ultrasound (US) use has rapidly entered the field of acute pain medicine and regional
anesthesia and interventional pain medicine over the last decade, and it may even become …

In 2010, the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine's evidence-based
medicine assessment of ultrasound (US)-guided regional anesthesia (UGRA) analyzed the …

Background Regional anesthesia improves postoperative analgesia and enhances quality
of recovery (QoR) after ambulatory surgery. This randomized, double-blinded, parallel …

Objectives: In 2009 and again in 2012, the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and
Pain Medicine assembled an expert panel to assess the evidence basis for ultrasound …

There have been colossal technological advances in the use of simulation in anesthesiology
in the past 2 decades. Over the years, the use of simulation has gone from low fidelity to high …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine if the use of ultrasound guidance (vs non-ultrasound
techniques) improves the success rate of nerve blocks. DESIGN: Meta-analysis of …

Since it was first described by Rafi in 2001, the transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block
can be best described as a peripheral nerve block to the anterior abdominal wall (T6 to L1) …