(WHTM) — I recently underwent a procedure requiring me to have local anesthesia placed in the area where the doctor was working. I felt nothing and it was wonderful not worrying about pain while the ...

A study in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine evaluated the effectiveness of using local anesthetic in endoscopic posterior decompression procedures for lumbar spinal stenosis patients. The study ...

France: A prospective, double-blind randomized trial has found that wide-awake local anesthesia without a tourniquet provides ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Wide-awake local anesthesia no tourniquet has become increasingly prevalent in hand surgery. Advantages of the ...

Anesthesia prevents pain during procedures by numbing you or putting you into a sleep-like state. Though considered very safe, it can cause side effects like nausea, chills, aches, and sleepiness.

If you haven’t read part one of this two-part article, I suggest reading it now to glean the full scope of its message as it applies to part two. Comfort for the patient during dental procedures is ...