A conscious choice: Local and spinal anesthesia emerge as safer alternatives in spine surgery

General anesthesia, once the default choice in spine surgeries, is increasingly giving way to local and spinal anesthesia as ...
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Study: Spinal, general anesthesia offer ‘reliable’ same-day discharge for outpatient TJA

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Spinal and general anesthesia were associated with high rates of successful same-day discharge TJA. Patients who ...
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Spinal Anesthesia for Circumcision: Similar OR Time and Cost as for General Anesthesia With Less Opioid Use

Spinal anesthesia for circumcision was associated with faster recovery, similar operating room (OR) time, and significantly less opioid and general medication use with no increase in cost compared ...
Medical Xpress

Pain during a C-section? New study challenges fears about general anesthesia

Regional anesthesia—typically with a spinal or epidural block—has long been favored for cesarean births due in part to concerns about the effects that general anesthesia may have on newborns during ...
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General Anesthesia Isn’t Always Necessary — An Expert Explains Why

According to Germany’s Federal Health Reporting database, there were around 16 million surgeries in the country between 2010 and 2016. Data on whether general anesthesia or regional anesthesia was ...