There are many advantages to using local anesthesia with IV sedation during minimally invasive spinal procedures. Agnes P. Green, MD, a board certified anesthesiologist at The Bonati Spine Institute ...
A randomized trial evaluating spinal as compared with general anesthesia for hip-fracture surgery in adults 50 years of age or older did not show superiority of spinal anesthesia with respect to a ...
Intravenous (i.v.) anesthetics include etomidate, midazolam, propofol, thiopental, ketamine, and opioid agonists. The first four agents act by enhancing the activity of the inhibitory neurotransmitter ...