NYSORA e-Newsletter

Dear Colleagues:

Regional anesthesia and pain medicine are two of the
fastest growing anesthesia sub-specialties. The last decade saw unprecedented developments and improvements in nearly all aspects of anesthesiology.  This makes it necessary for practitioners to make frequent updates in practice protocols. New, long-acting local anesthetics, with a better safety profile, resulted in substantial expansion in the methods and indications for their clinical use. Improved equipment for regional anesthesia changed the practice and enhanced the precision of regional anesthesia And the safety of its administration.

The introduction of ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia and pain management procedures allows for real-time visualization of the pertinent anatomy during nerve block and pain management procedures and monitoring of
the local anesthetic disposition.
This development substantially expanded the utility of neuronal blockade in many areas of medicine. A growing number
of highly efficacious regional anesthesia and techniques are available to provide excellent surgical anesthesia and postoperative analgesia for patients undergoing a wide variety of surgical procedures.

Importantly, a growing body of professional research results suggests that these techniques offer numerous advantages over general anesthesia. Judiciously and skillfully performed nerve blocks can provide the following benefits:

facilitate pain management
fast-tracking
promote early mobilization
decrease hospital stay,
reduce unanticipated hospital admission
reduce overall health care costs

These developments, coupled with an increased emphasis on the teaching of regional blocks by residency training programs and organized anesthesia societies, are likely to result in a wider use and demand for these techniques in the years to come.

In keeping with teaching tradition of the New York School of Regional Anesthesia (NYSORA), the NYSORA World Anesthesia Congress (NWAC) aims to mix the leading academicians and practitioners of regional anesthesia and pain medicine with a uniquely large, international pool of attendees with specific interest in this area of medicine. For this one-of-a-kind educational program, faculty members were recruited from within the pool of experts on general anesthesia, perioperative care, regional anesthesia and pain medicine, emergency medicine, nursing, and several other areas of anesthesiology and perioperative care. Our goal is to assure unique educational experiences that participants will long carry with them. Whether you practice general anesthesiology, regional anesthesia or pain medicine, emergency medicine or perioperative care, participation in the NWAC will guarantee an in-depth educational program of long-lasting practice impact.

So, make your plans now to participate in the largest meeting of the kind devoted to regional anesthesia and pain medicine.
Sincerely,

Admir Hadzic, MD
Program Chair and Scientific Director