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May 10, 2022
Ophthalmic surgery is a common procedure performed in the United States under MAC with local anesthesia. In the COVID era, providers chose MAC with the use of peripheral nerve blocks to minimize the added safety risk of…
November 2, 2021
Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new drug for the treatment of postoperative pain after bunionectomy, open inguinal herniorrhaphy and total knee arthroplasty…
September 15, 2021
For maxillofacial fracture repairs, surgeons often prefer nasal intubation to allow for intermaxillary fixation. However, there are circumstances when nasal intubation is contraindicated, such as Lefort II and III, in which fractures to the ethmoid bone often extend to…
August 25, 2021
An 85-year old man without significant medical co-morbidities underwent CT (computerized tomography)-guided biopsy of a peripheral pulmonary nodule. Moderate sedation was administered by an anesthesia professional. The case was uneventful except for…
June 10, 2021
In the 1970’s and 1980’s, anesthesia adverse events had reached a tipping point. It was approximated that anesthesia related mortality prior to 1985 was 1:10,000 healthy patients. A highly publicized…
June 10, 2021
On June 20, 2015, I witnessed a historical moment in the ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York. Dr. Takuo Aoyagi, who invented pulse oximetry, was being awarded a Medal for…