Choice of general anesthetic for major surgery can continue to be based on patient and clinician preference, according to the ...

One 5-mg dose of olanzapine, given preoperatively, improves recovery scores in women who undergo ambulatory surgery under ...

Among patients who underwent major orthopedic surgery, those who received regional and general anesthesia had slightly better daily function at discharge, shorter stays in the hospital, and lower ...

Patients who wore noise-canceling headphones during minimally invasive gynecological surgery were significantly less likely ...

For many patients, anesthesia is one of the least understood parts of a surgical or procedural experience. People generally understand why they are having surgery. They know what their surgeon is ...

A prospective observational cohort study of 213 women found that higher preoperative anxiety was associated with increased ...

Patients who wore noise-canceling headphones during minimally invasive gynecologic surgery were significantly less likely to ...

When waking up from general anesthesia, some people say, "I realized it was over when I woke up." For the individual, it can feel as though time skipped from just before the anesthesia began to the ...

"I'm worried about the pain of the procedure, so I can't quite take the first step," or "What kinds of anesthesia are there?" ...