Background Task-sharing of spinal anaesthesia care by non-specialist graduate physicians, termed medical officers (MOs), is commonly practised in rural Indian healthcare facilities to mitigate ...

We aimed to determine if transient neurological symptoms (TNS) occur more frequently after recovery from spinal anaesthesia with lidocaine than with other local anaesthetics in adults. The symptoms ...

Introduction Total knee arthroplasty is a highly effective treatment for end-stage knee osteoarthritis, and it is usually performed under spinal or general anaesthesia with or without a surgical ...

Regional nerve block is one type of anaesthetic women can receive when having a caesarean section. Two different methods are used. Single-shot spinal involves a single injection of anaesthetic into ...

A study conducted by KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) and National University of Singapore's (NUS) Faculty of Engineering shows that the world's first novel artificial intelligence ...

Conducting spinal anaesthesia in patients with elevated body mass index is commonly difficult, yet there are no guidelines to direct best practice. Landmark techniques are sometimes insufficient, ...

Ultrasound (US) guided spinal anaesthesia is gaining recognition for its ability to minimise technical difficulties encountered in patients with atypical spinal anatomy. Spinal anaesthesia is ...

1 Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF, UK 2 Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London. NW3 2QG, UK 3 Department ...

There are no differences in the safety or effectiveness of the two most common types of anaesthetic (spinal versus general anaesthesia) in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery, according to the ...