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As of 2014, roughly 19% of the adult population in the United States are smokers of cigarettes or other combustible…
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The brachial plexus block is an essential tool employed by anesthesiologists and pain specialists to provide anesthesia and analgesia from…
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Opioid overdoses have become an alarming public health crisis; according to the WHO, there were 480,000 opioid-related deaths worldwide in…
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Fractures of the collarbone, or clavicle, constitute nearly 3% of all fractures in adults 1. Primarily affecting young males, directly…
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Functional endoscopic surgery was first introduced as a medical procedure in the 1980s.1 German researchers Messerklinger and Stammberger began using…
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Anesthesia machines are critical medical equipment that are used to administer anesthesia and respiratory gases to patients during surgical procedures
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Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with a prevalence in the United States reaching approximately 14 million 1….
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Just as there are various ankle conditions that warrant surgery —including, but not limited to, tendonitis, fracture, and arthritis— there…
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In 1969, Surgeon General William H. Stewart triumphantly stated that we could ‘close the book on infectious diseases. In the…
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