Northwell Health: Nerve Blocks Manage Pain, Limit Opioid Use
August 06, 2019
August 06, 2019
GREAT NECK, New York, Aug. 6 -- Northwell Health issued the following news:
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- Local anesthesia advances recovery by fighting pain at the source
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Pain management specialists are reducing the risks of opioid use by increasingly turning to nerve blocks to control chronic and acute pain.
"What we are looking for is multimodal anesthesia," said Yili Huang, DO, director of Northwell Health's Pain Management Center. & . . .
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- Local anesthesia advances recovery by fighting pain at the source
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Pain management specialists are reducing the risks of opioid use by increasingly turning to nerve blocks to control chronic and acute pain.
"What we are looking for is multimodal anesthesia," said Yili Huang, DO, director of Northwell Health's Pain Management Center. & . . .