Contrast Shortage Opens a Window for Ultrasound Guidance

With the current iohexol shortage, providers have had to limit pain procedures or sometimes continue them without ...

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Imaging Best With Supine Positioning For US-Guided Popliteal Fossa Block

New York—Using the supine position for ultrasound-guided sciatic nerve blocks in the popliteal fossa may be ...

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Visualization Superior for Ultrasound-Guided Proximal Intercostal Over Paravertebral Block

A modified ultrasound-guided proximal intercostal block in women undergoing breast surgery offers sonoanatomic and ...

JANUARY 10, 2018

Ultrasound-Guided L5-S1 Placement of Labor Epidurals Does Not Improve Dermatomal Blockade

A study that compared epidurals placed in the L5-S1 interspace and those placed in the most clinically accessible ...

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Adductor Canal Block Provides Inconsistent Analgesia for TKA

If the results from a recent study left researchers scratching their heads, it wasn’t because more than ...

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Local Infiltration Analgesia for TKA Cuts Recovery Times, Hospital LOS

Preoperative ultrasound-guided local infiltration analgesia with liposomal bupivacaine is a safe, effective ...

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Peripheral Nerve Stimulation Shows Promise

New Orleans—Brian M. Ilfeld, MD, MS, has been involved in more than his fair share of regional anesthesia ...

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016