DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have a hand issue that's affecting my work. I’ve heard some hand surgeries can be done in the clinic without anesthesia or an operating room. Can you tell me more about them?

NORWALK, Conn. (WTNH) — When a hand or finger hurts and surgery is the only option to fix it, some people choose to live with the pain because they are afraid of going under anesthesia. A Connecticut ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Epinephrine with a local anesthetic is safe and effective with no instances of digital necrosis or need for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Credit goes to Donald H. LaLonde, MD, FRCSC, at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, who helped debunk the idea ...

Of all the medical specialists, surgeons are some of the least satisfied providers around. In a 2015 report by Medscape, less than half of the U.S. surgeons surveyed reported being satisfied with ...

Anesthesia awareness is a rare but worrisome occurrence that can happen during a procedure where general anesthesia is used. The goal of general anesthesia is to put you into a form of reversible coma ...