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Epidural block

Improving the learning curve in monoportal endoscopic lumbar surgery: Development and validation of a porcine training model

Laura Olías-Ortiz, Rafael Llombart-Blanco, Gloria Abizanda-Sarasa, Isabel Lacave-Mas, Carmen Valverde-Gestoso, Matías Alfonso-Olmos

published 20 Feb 2026

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Rethinking procedural pain in labor: A comparison of lidocaine injection techniques for epidural catheter placement assessed with an objective clinician-centric pain score—A double-blind randomized controlled trial

Lukas Croner, Plato Lysandrou, Haosheng Li, Andrew Devine, Tyler Balon, Yun Xia, Nasir Hussain, Yue Yu, Mahmoud Abdel-Rasoul, Marco Echeverria Villalobos, Alberto Uribe, Elvia Vera Miquilena, Ling-Qun Hu

published 11 Feb 2026

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Effectiveness and safety of nurse-led different epidural analgesia methods based on symptom management theory in patients with severe acute pancreatitis: A single-center RCT protocol

You Yuan, Qian Luo, Feiyu Yan, Li Li, Lifeng He, Yan Zhou, Chunlan Wu, Mingli Zhong, Fang Chen, Xia Zhang, Junxi Chen, Bao Fu, Rujun Hu

published 02 Jan 2026

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Evaluation of the effects of lumbosacral dorsal root ganglion pulsed radiofrequency treatment applied via a caudally inserted flexible electrode in radicular pain due to lumbar foraminal stenosis

Ender Sir, Alp Eren Çelenlioğlu, Ezgi Can, Gül Didem Batur Sir, Münevver Ece Güven

published 17 Dec 2025

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Assessment of awareness and attitudes of pregnant women toward labor epidural analgesia and factors influencing the decision to opt for it: A cross-sectional study

Adugna Aregawi Kassa, Wosenyeleh A. Sahle, Tsehaynew Desalew, Zufan Lakew, Tigist Behabtu

published 26 Nov 2025

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A reduction in serum IFN-γ, IL-1β, IL-6, and GM-CSF serves as potential markers for a positive outcome to lumbar epidural steroid injections

Pornpan Chalermkitpanit, Weerasak Singhatanadgige, Wicharn Yingsakmongkol, Teerachat Tanasansomboon, Manassanan Jitjumnong, Sittisak Honsawek

published 22 Aug 2025

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The association between labor epidural analgesia and early-onset postpartum hypertension among parturients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: A retrospective cohort study

Yongle Li, Jiteng Hu, Jiao Duan, Junjian Wen, Jianxiong Huang, Jie Shen, Zurong Hu, Zaisheng Qin

published 18 Aug 2025

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Hyperparameter tuned deep learning-driven medical image analysis for intracranial hemorrhage detection

Naif Almakayeel, E. Laxmi Lydia, Oleg Razzhivin, S. Rama Sree, Mohammed Altaf Ahmed, Bibhuti Bhusan Dash, S. P. Siddique Ibrahim

published 28 Jul 2025

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Association between epidural catheter tip malposition and anesthesiologists’ experience after graduation: A cross-sectional study using postoperative CT images

Mitsuhiro Matsuo, Natsumi Sakamoto, Mariko Takebe, Tomonori Takazawa

published 26 Jun 2025

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Anesthetic technique and postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC) after Video Assisted Thoracic (VATS) lobectomy: A retrospective observational cohort study

Priyanka Singla, Brian Brenner, Siny Tsang, Nabil Elkassabany, Linda W. Martin, Phillip Carrott, Christopher Scott, Michael Mazzeffi

published 04 Dec 2024

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Patient knowledge in anaesthesia: Psychometric development of the RAKQ–The Rotterdam anaesthesia Knowledge questionnaire

Sander F. van den Heuvel, Hester van Eeren, Sanne E. Hoeks, Anna Panasewicz, Philip Jonker, Sohal Y. Ismail, Jan J. van Busschbach, Robert Jan Stolker, Jan-Wiebe H. Korstanje

published 12 Jul 2024

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Labor patterns of spontaneous first-stage labor in Chinese women with normal neonatal outcomes

Li Peng, Zengyu Chen, Shiyu Weng, Jian Huang, Mei Peng, Yali Deng, Ying Xu, Fangfang Zhou, Yamin Li

published 03 Jul 2024

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Comparative efficacy of opioid and non-opioid analgesics in labor pain management: A network meta-analysis

Yiru Chen, Hongchun Chen, Chunhui Yuan

published 18 Jun 2024

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