News tagged with local anesthesia
American College of Physicians releases new prostate cancer screening guidance statement
Men between the ages of 50 and 69 should discuss the limited benefits and substantial harms of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test with their doctor before undergoing screening for prostate cancer, according to new recommendations ...
Cancer
Apr 08, 2013 |
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Dental anesthesia may interrupt development of wisdom teeth in children
Researchers from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine have discovered a statistical association between the injection of local dental anesthesia given to children ages two to six and evidence of missing lower wisdom ...
Dentistry
Apr 03, 2013 |
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Prostate cancer now detectable by imaging-guided biopsy
Ground-breaking research by a UCLA team of physicians and engineers demonstrates that prostate cancer can be diagnosed using image-guided targeted biopsy.
Cancer
Dec 10, 2012 |
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Better analgesia from pelvic plexus block in prostate biopsy
(HealthDay) -- Compared with periprostatic nerve block (PNB), pelvic plexus block (PPB), performed under Doppler ultrasound guidance, provides better pain relief for men during office-based transrectal ultrasound-guided ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 26, 2012 |
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Magnets may help prevent rare complication of spinal anesthesia
An simple technique using local anesthetic mixed with magnetized "ferrofluids" may provide a new approach to preventing a rare but serious complication of spinal anesthesia, reports the June issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, offici ...
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Jun 01, 2012 |
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Researchers show benefits of local anesthesia after knee replacement surgery
Researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson have shown that local anesthesia delivered through a catheter in the joint, intraarticularly, may be more beneficial than traditional opioids such as morphine and Oxycontin ...
Surgery
Feb 10, 2012 |
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Henry Ford Hospital first in United States to offer MKTP surgery as treatment option for vitiligo
Henry Ford Hospital is the first in the country to offer skin transplant surgery as part of its treatment portfolio for patients with the skin disease vitiligo.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Study evaluates cost-effectiveness of strategies to treat infant tear-duct obstruction
When infants' tear ducts are blocked, the decision about when to intervene and the cost-effectiveness of doing so depend on how likely it is the problem will self-resolve, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of ...
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May 09, 2011 |
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