An accident nearly turned Jason Russo into a drug addict as he tried to blot out the pain in his leg. Robert Jackson had to use powerful narcotics after accidents tore up his back. A balky knee was ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WECT) - A plastic surgeon at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. has developed a procedure that helps patients who suffer from chronic nerve pain after surgery. Thousands of ...

Peripheral nerves are important structures in the body that carry information from the brain and spinal cord out to the muscles to initiate movements and carry sensory information back from the ...

Shortly after being diagnosed with hypothyroidism, Centennial Hills resident April Anderson began experiencing numbness and burning sensations in her hands and feet. “It got to the point where I could ...

A study, published in Anesthesia & Analgesia, examined peripheral nerve block utilization in outpatient surgery settings across the U.S. Rodney A. Gabriel, MD, of UC San Diego, and colleagues ...

A novel 'Enhanced Recovery After Surgery' (ERAS) protocol for patients undergoing spinal and peripheral nerve surgery significantly reduced opioid use. The new study showed that when an ERAS protocol ...

SPR will feature eight abstracts on 60-day peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) with SPRINT ® PNS that will be presented at the ...

woman holding her head in dizziness Peripheral nerve decompression surgery may be effective in reducing migraine headache frequency and intensity. Peripheral nerve decompression surgery may be ...

NEW ORLEANS — In patients undergoing spinal or peripheral nerve surgery, postoperative opioid use was reduced when an "enhanced recovery after surgery" (ERAS) protocol was followed at the University ...

Bariatric surgery may reverse peripheral nerve injury and slow the progression of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy and retinopathy in patients with severe obesity, according to a cohort study ...

Phantom limb pain affects nearly 40 percent of amputees, often persisting despite medications and therapy. Reconstructive surgeon Shaun Mendenhall, MD, outlines why surgical techniques are now ...