Study: Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks Don’t Markedly Reduce Pain

An overview of multiple studies on pain relief finds that ultrasound-guided nerve block procedures do not significantly relieve pain, according to an Anesthesia & Analgesia report.

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Although half of the studies found less pain with ultrasound-guided nerve block, the pain reductions were generally small.

 

Ultrasound has been used to guide the performance of nerve blocks in which anesthetics are directly targeted at a specific nerve or group of nerves.


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