Nerve Block Archives - Clinical Pain Advisor

Interventional Pain Management

Superficial Cervical Plexus Block May Be Safe, Effective for Emergency Medicine Use

By

Hannah Dellabella

July 6, 2018

Superficial cervical plexus block may be safe and effective for use in emergency medicine.

Interventional Pain Management

Popliteal Sciatic Nerve Block May Increase Time to First Opioid Request in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

By

Hannah Dellabella

July 5, 2018

Patients with type 2 diabetes and diabetic peripheral neuropathy may have an increased time to first opioid request and reduced time to onset of sensory blockade after an ultrasound-guided popliteal sciatic nerve block compared with patients without neuropathy.

Interventional Pain Management

Cervical Facet Plane Block: The When, How, on Whom

By

David Rosenblum, MD

July 2, 2018

The cervical facet plane block is a procedure in which a needle is inserted onto the extraarticular surface of the facet joints.

AAPM 2018 Annual Meeting

Diagnostic Genicular Nerve Block May Predict Treatment Outcomes of Cooled RFA in Chronic Knee Pain

By

Florence Chaverneff, Ph.D.

April 28, 2018

Genicular nerve cooled radiofrequency ablation may effectively relieve chronic knee pain associated with osteoarthritis and improve function for up to 6 months.

Interventional Pain Management

Periarticular Injection vs Psoas Block for THA-Associated Postoperative Pain

By

Gary Rothbard, MD

April 26, 2018

Intraoperative periarticular local anesthetic infiltration and psoas compartment block may provide comparable analgesia after total hip arthroplasty.

Interventional Pain Management

Femoral Nerve Block Alone or in Combination With Sciatic Nerve Block for TKA: A Meta-Analysis

By

Tyler Rice

April 19, 2018

Sciatic nerve block may represent an effective complement to femoral nerve block for total knee arthroplasty.

Interventional Pain Management

Lumbar Sympathetic Block for Post-Amputation-Associated Pain: Case Series

By

Brandon May

April 18, 2018

A single lumbar sympathetic block may alleviate residual pain, phantom limb pain and perceived disability in patients with post-amputation pain.

Post-Surgical Pain

Exparel Approved for Use as Interscalene Brachial Plexus Nerve Block

April 11, 2018

Additionally, statistical significance vs placebo was also achieved in total postsurgical opioid consumption through 48 hours (P<0.0001); opioid-free subjects through 48 hours (P<0.01); and time to first opioid rescue through 48 hours (P<0.0001).

Migraine & Headache

Efficacy of Greater Occipital Nerve Block for the Acute Treatment of Migraine Headache

By

Tyler Rice

March 30, 2018

Greater occipital nerve block may be an effective option for the acute management of migraine headache.

Interventional Pain Management

Phrenic Nerve Infiltration vs SNB for Acute Ipsilateral Shoulder Pain

By

Tyler Rice

March 12, 2018

Investigators sought to determine whether phrenic nerve infiltration and suprascapular nerve block would control acute ipsilateral shoulder pain after thoracotomy.