Medline, Embase, Scopus and Scielo were searched until April 2017 supplemented by manual searching. Clinical trials with parallel-groups, crossover and split mouth in patients older than 18 years were ...

In patients with painful hip osteoarthritis, adding a single intra-articular injection of corticosteroid plus local anaesthetic to the best current treatment (advice and education) is highly ...

Applying a sugar-free flavoring before administering local anesthetic (LA) injections in pediatric dental patients may decrease pain, according to a study recently published in the International ...

Background: The effect on clinical safety of dampening articular mechanoreceptor feedback at the ankle is unknown. Injection of the ankle joint for pain control may result in such dampening. Athletes ...

This video provides an overview of how to administer a peripheral nerve block, which is also called regional anesthesia. Peripheral nerve block of the wrist or hand is used primarily for the repair of ...

Anesthesia is an important part of modern medicine. It’s hard to grasp how in the past people underwent surgeries without numbing their sensations first. Luckily, in the 21 st century, we have a ...

The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine has published a practice advisory on local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST) called “Guidelines for the Management of Severe Local ...

Older patients with one to three recent painful osteoporotic vertebral fractures who had vertebroplasty or a sham procedure reported similar pain relief over the following year. "These results do not ...

One of the most stressful events of any dental visit is an injection. Anxiety levels rise for everyone in the room, with the patient anticipating the potential pain and the dentist trying to figure ...