Regional Nerve Blocks for Breast Surgery
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, and the incidence of breast cancer is climbing every year. One of the mainstay treatment approaches for breast cancer is surgery, including breast-sparing lumpectomies, mastectomies and lymph node biopsies,...
Household Transmission of Monkeypox
Monkeypox cases are occurring worldwide at an increasingly rapid rate 1. Since January 2022, cases of monkeypox have been reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) by 110 member states—and as of November 2022, over 78,000 laboratory confirmed cases, including 41...
Fast-Track Anesthesia for Orthopedic Surgery
The concept of fast-track surgery was introduced in the 1990s to facilitate earlier discharges home and earlier resumption of activities of daily living after surgery [1]. In the world of orthopedics, fast-track surgery has allowed for even more than early...
Ciprofol: A New Anesthetic
Propofol is an intravenous anesthetic commonly used to induce general anesthesia before surgery and to induce conscious sedation when given in lower doses. It is a popular medication due to its short onset of action, duration of action, and recovery time following...
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