Matt Partington, 27, was diagnosed with spinal arteriovenous malformation (AVM) - a rare blood vessel abnormality in the ...

A peripheral nerve block is a procedure done by an anesthesiologist to provide postoperative pain relief for people having knee replacement surgery. The anesthesiologist (a doctor specializing in pain ...

Researchers stimulated the vagus nerve in healthy volunteers and showed it triggered blood clot formation, which they say could be used to prevent blood loss after surgery.

Vagus nerve stimulation therapy improved the symptoms of treatment-resistant depression for nearly 500 participants in a ...

The frequent poor functional outcomes after delayed surgical repair of injured human peripheral nerves results in progressive downregulation of growth-associated genes in parallel with reduced ...

[1] Although axons in the PNS harbor the potential of axonal regeneration, recovery ... activity after complete transection and reconstruction of a major peripheral nerve. Therefore, innovative ...

The progress of nerve recovery can be followed clinically by assessment of functional -- both sensory and motor -- recovery. In addition, an advancing Tinel's sign is followed. After regeneration ...

Six years after having a stroke at age 39, the first patient to undergo vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) surgery and rehabilitation ... the vagus nerve enhances recovery in the brain.

In the past, hip surgeries concentrated on fixing surgical issues and managing pain around the operation, paying little ...

Two months after being shot in the neck and thigh in front of her kids, Nicki Douglass-Johansen spoke to the Times-Call in ...

The lingual nerve controls feeling and taste on the side ... experience in helping people regain neck and shoulder movement after this procedure. Recovery from salivary gland surgery is different for ...

The device bypasses the damaged part of the ear, providing electronic stimulation to the auditory nerve. The implant is turned on about four weeks after ... Recovery from cochlear implant surgery ...