CMS released the 2026 proposed payment rule for hospital outpatient departments and ASCs on July 15. The agency proposed removing 285 mostly musculoskeletal procedure codes from the inpatient-only ...

A University of New Mexico surgeon has helped develop and test a first-of-its-kind drug that binds to nerve tissue and fluoresces – emits light – enabling surgeons to better see the nerves they’re ...

Acute flaccid paralysis in children is a medical emergency that can progress to respiratory failure within hours or days, ...

The SPRINT PNS System is indicated for up to 60 days for: Symptomatic relief of chronic, intractable pain, post-surgical and post-traumatic acute pain; symptomatic relief of post-traumatic pain; ...

In the operating room, surgeons typically use high-powered microscopes fitted with specialized filters to detect the fluorescent signal. The third trial of the research will also test specially ...

As part of the peripheral nervous system, the cranial nerves stem directly from the brain and come in 12 pairs, with one of each on both sides of the head (see diagram below). Every nerve has its own ...

Once dismissed as “junk,” a group of RNA molecules has been found to help regrow damaged nerves in mice in new research. The ...

Nerves look blue in the reconstructed view of a genetically engineered mouse (left) whose neurons produce a fluorescent ...

Introduction: Herpes zoster is the reactivation of the varicella zoster virus (VZV), which remained quiescent in the Gasser ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cells in the human brain, according to the latest ...

Trigeminal neuralgia is reputed to be one of the most painful conditions in human experience. This article provides an overview of this relapsing and remitting, paroxysmal stabbing or electrical ...

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