Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO Nerve ablation may ease pain from arthritis, nerve damage, or tumors.Procedures usually occur in hospitals or clinics and take 15 minutes to an hour.  Pain relief ...

Two anesthesiologists debated using nerve blocks to treat chronic pain at the Canadian Pain Society’s 2011 Annual Meeting, according to an Anesthesiology News report. John Clark, MD, professor of ...

A study led by doctors at the Medical University of South Carolina and UMass Chan Medical School found that ultrasound-guided nerve blocks helped kids with broken thigh bones, also known as femurs, ...

Researchers reveal that hormone treatment reduces abnormal nerve invasion and improves chronic back pain CHINA, ...

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A new multicenter study led by Zachary Binder, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, provides compelling evidence that an ultrasound-guided nerve block can dramatically improve pain control for ...

Ultrasound-guided axillary nerve block (ANB) was as effective as fracture hematoma block (FHB) in providing pain control for forearm fracture reduction in emergency departments (EDs), with ANB causing ...

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