Local anesthesia refers to using a drug called an anesthetic to temporarily numb a small area of your body. Your doctor might use a local anesthetic before doing a minor procedure, such as a skin ...

‌Local anesthesia numbs a part of your body so that your doctor can stitch up a wound or take a biopsy without you feeling any pain. Unlike general anesthesia, where you are put to sleep during a ...

Local anesthesia prevents pain during procedures by blocking nerves from transmitting pain signals to the brain. The effects of local anesthetic are short-lived, so healthcare teams primarily use it ...

Up to 96% of patient who undergo prostate biopsy report pain. We performed periprostatic local anesthesia injection in an effort to improve patient acceptance of prostate biopsy. Sixty patients were ...

A common New Year’s resolution is to pay more attention to your health and now there’s a new procedure to assist men to monitor a serious health issue and potentially avoid major surgery. The Lovelace ...

A new medical procedure is changing the lives of older men affected by benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH, a condition in which the prostate enlarges as a man ages. More than 70 percent of men in ...

The localized loss of sensation with resultant reduction in pain stimuli is the end result of local anesthesia. This mode of anesthesia is considered to be safer than general anesthesia, because it ...

Anesthesia is a type of medication that prevents people from feeling pain during or following surgery. There are four main categories of anesthesia: local, regional, general, and sedation. Share on ...

Urolift is a minimally invasive procedure to help treat an enlarged prostate, known as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Medicare will typically cover Urolift procedures when a doctor deems them ...

Bonita Springs, Fla.-based Gulfshore Urology’s David Wilkinson, MD, was named a UroLift Center of Excellence. 1. Dr. Wilkinson was recognized for his high level of training and experience with ...

Bonita Springs, Fla.-based Gulfshore Urology's David Wilkinson, MD, was named a UroLift Center of Excellence. Here's what you should know: 1. Dr. Wilkinson was recognized for his high level of ...

BENGALURU: A 40-year-old man from Bengaluru who was suffering from an enlarged prostate gland has successfully undergone a four-implant UroLift surgery. He is the first patient in India to ...