Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ACL reconstruction is a widely accepted treatment for patients who have instability symptoms from ACL deficiency ...

As knee replacement surgery becomes more common, more people know the difficulty of recovery. In order to avoid some of the pain and the associated medications that can cause nausea, more patients are ...

Using femoral nerve block catheters after ACL reconstruction maintains postoperative pain below the moderate-to-severe threshold for up to four days, according to a recent study. Brian Williams, MD, ...

Newer equipment and improved ultrasound imaging make femoral nerve blocks a more viable choice for post-operative pain relief in total joint replacements, allowing patients to block pain just where it ...

Single-shot femoral nerve blockades or continuous FNB plus patient-controlled analgesia is more effective than PCA alone for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, according to a study published ...

A New Era in Postoperative Pain ManagementTotal knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a transformative surgery for patients with ...

Anesthesiologists can significantly reduce loss of muscle strength in ACL knee surgery patients using a new pain management technique, a new study has found. Anesthesiologists can significantly reduce ...

Sheep are frequently used for orthopedic studies 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. Orthopedic surgeries are expected to elicit pain. This pain should be mitigated as much as possible, for both humane reasons (to keep ...

Sally Sawyer, RN. Lupus Support/Research Sister for Rheumatology, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, Hampshire. This paper was written while the author was Staff Nurse, Pain Service, Royal ...