For more information, visit erikdorfmd.com/walant. The idea of remaining “wide awake” during any kind of surgery might sound terrifying, but there are many ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON — The wide-awake local anesthesia no tourniquet technique may not be superior to general anesthesia in ...

The wide-awake local anesthesia no tourniquet technique achieved a 100% rate of success in patients undergoing endoscopic carpal tunnel release compared with a rate of success below 90% with ...

Terrence P. Murphy, MD, a cosmetic surgeon in Denver, is questioning some cosmetic surgeons’ use of “awake surgery,” involving high doses of local anesthesia without sedation, according to a release ...

MIAMI, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Imagine being out of the country and needing life-saving surgery – it happened to one dad while on vacation with his two young boys. It turns out, the sun and fun ...

Dr. Ernest Braxton, a neurosurgeon at Vail-Summit Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery, introduced a breakthrough procedure at Vail Health by completing a successful spine surgery with his patient awake. The ...

On July 15, Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine performed its second-ever awake kidney transplant. The patient was a 74-year-old man, who left the hospital after 36 hours. He shared his experience in ...