The type of anesthesia a woman receives during a cesarean delivery can play a big role in reducing her risk for postpartum depression, new research suggests. Regional anesthesia may be better for a ...

General anesthesia makes you unconscious and pain-free during surgery, ensuring you don’t feel or remember anything while surgeons perform the procedure safely. General anesthesia is a procedure in ...

LOS ANGELES — The latest clinical trial of thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke has reinforced concerns about performing the endovascular procedure under general anesthesia. The DEFUSE 3 trial, ...

Traumatic spinal cord injury is more common in patients receiving sedation or general anesthesia and in patients who are unresponsive during the procedure, according to a study published in ...

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 ...

A series of papers is detailing the different ways common anesthetics affect the brains of older patients and children, findings that could lead to improved monitoring technology and safety of general ...

SAN DIEGO, CA—In patients at high risk for surgery who undergo TAVR, self-expanding and balloon expandable devices are associated with similar safety at 30 days, with no differences between procedures ...

Using regional anesthesia rather than general anesthesia reduces the need for blood transfusions in patients undergoing bilateral total knee replacement, according to a new study by researchers at ...

A new study suggests anesthesiologists may be able to safely increase the likelihood that patients dream during surgery—and ...