A peripheral nerve block is a procedure done by an anesthesiologist to provide postoperative pain relief for people having knee replacement surgery. The anesthesiologist (a doctor specializing in pain ...

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the most common elective surgeries in the United States, with 680,150 procedures performed in 2014, a number that is projected to increase by 189% to 1.28 ...

Femoral and sciatic nerve blocks are often used for postoperative analgesia following total knee replacement surgery. In this case report, we focus on cases of heel ulcers following the implementation ...

Every year, thousands of people undergo knee replacement surgery to relive knee pain, and now, there's a procedure that uses radio frequency to block the pain.Dr. Orlando Landrum, a pain specialist ...

Raising the bar for surgical precision and patient recovery, Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital has offered the latest-generation Mako SmartRobotics system for knee and hip replacement procedures. This ...

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is well established as a clinically successful and cost-effective procedure for alleviating pain, restoring function and enabling a higher quality of life for patients ...

Results from a recent clinical trial published by Wiley in Arthritis & Rheumatology demonstrate that patients with knee osteoarthritis experience short term pain relief from genicular nerve blocks - ...

For patients with osteoarthritis of the knee, a minimally invasive procedure called cooled radiofrequency ablation (CRFA) provides better pain reduction and functional improvement compared to steroid ...

Improving methods for pain relief and rapid recovery after knee replacement surgery is important for several reasons: The procedure is one of the most commonly done surgeries in the country, it is ...