In NYSORA’s latest teaching video, we take you through the principles of the Superficial Radial and Median Nerve Blocks for thumb contracture release. We describe how the procedure is done and where the needle needs to be placed. We also...
What is an epidural? An epidural is an anesthesia procedure that relieves pain during labor and delivery by blocking pain signals from the nerves in the lower spine to the brain. This results in substantial or complete absence of pain (analg...
How would you manage a 60-year-old COVID-19 positive patient with acute foot ischemia, who needs urgent thrombectomy of the tibial artery? With bilateral pulmonary infiltrates, general anesthesia poses the risk of hypoxia and ventilatory depen...
Anne-Sophie Van Haver: COVID-19 Belgian Update (April 17th, 2020) aa Sharing COVID-19 Experience: Improving ICU Management Consensus Guidelines for Managing the Airway in Patients with COVID-19 COVID-19 Guidance for Chronic Pain Patients Handbook of...
The COVID-19 epidemic has resulted in a huge strain on the health care systems and requires extra precautions for the protection of the health care providers. Regional anesthetic techniques and peripheral nerve blocks confer several important ...
The anatomy of the adductor canal and its role in the multimodal analgesic regimen for knee arthroplasty is a frequently discussed topic during the NYSORA workshops. Here are some answers to the questions regarding the best injection site and ...
Here’s how to perform an ankle block, one of the most useful regional anesthesia techniques for foot surgery. Among its advantages, the preservation of ankle mobility facilitates unassisted ambulation allowing faster recovery after surgery. Ul...
Several alternative analgesic techniques have been recently suggested for hip pain (e.g., surgery, fractures, chronic pain). They all consist of an injection of a local anesthetic in proximity to the acetabulum, and in the plane between the iliopsoas...
INFILTRATION BETWEEN THE POPLITEAL ARTERY AND CAPSULE OF THE KNEE (IPACK BLOCK) What is the rationale for the IPACK block? While the sciatic nerve block results in the best analgesia for the posterior aspect of the knee, motor weakness of the ...
