ASRA News

"Review of Transversus Abdominis Plane Blocks and Their Application to Chronic Abdominal Pain," by Matt Fischer, MD, MHA, Resident, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; Maged Guirguis, MD, Associate Professor, University of Queensland Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, Louisiana; and Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, MPH, Medical Director, University of Wisconsin Health Pain Services, Madison, Wisconsin. From ASRA News, August 2019, pp. 35-37. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is copyrighted.

"How I Used to Do It: Anesthesia and Analgesia for Total Knee Arthroplasty: Four Decades of Evolution," by James Turner, MD, and Robert Weller, MD, both of the Department of Anesthesiology, Section on Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. From ASRA News, August 2019, pp. 30-34. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is copyrighted.

"PBLD: Neuraxial Blockade and Issues Around Consent, Coagulation Conundrum," by Vivian Ipm MB, ChB, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Edward Mariano, MD, MAS, Chief, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California; and Kristopher Schroeder, MD, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin. From ASRA News, August 2019, pp. 22-29. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is copyrighted.

"Updates to the ASRA Guidelines for Interventional Pain Procedures," by Alvah Wickboldt, MD, Pain Medicine Specialist; and Maged Guirguis, MD, Chief System Lead, Interventional Pain Management; both of Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, Louisiana. From ASRA News, August 2019, pp. 18-21. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is copyrighted.

"From the Editor's Desk: We Will Block You," by Kristopher M. Schroeder, MD, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin. From ASRA News, August 2019, pp. 6-7. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is copyrighted.

"President's Message: A Public Health Call to Action: What You Need to Do Now to Help End the Opioid Epidemic," by Eugene Viscusi, MD, ASRA President. From ASRA News, August 2019, pp. 3-5. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is copyrighted.

"Transversus Abdominis Plane Versus Quadratus Lumborum Blocks for Abdominal Surgery: Where Are We Now?" by Kariem El-Boghdadly, MBBS, BSc, FRCA, EDRA, MSc, Consultant Anaesthetist, Guy's and St. Thomas' National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; and Hesham A. Elsharkawy, MD, MSc, Staff, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. From ASRA News, August 2019, pp. 14-17. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is copyrighted.

"Overview of Occipital Neuralgia and Greater Occipital Nerve Blocks," by Patrick Oley, MD, Resident Physician, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. From ASRA News, August 2019, pp. 11-13. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is copyrighted.

"Let the Good Times Roll with ASRA in the Big Easy!" by Andrea Nicol, Associate Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. From ASRA News, August 2019, pp. 8-10. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is copyrighted.

"Informed Consent: A Form or a Conversation?" by Clark Smith, MD, MPH, Director of Interventional Spine, Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York; and David Miller, MD, MA, Director of Clinical Research, Centers for Pain Management, Indianapolis and Lafayette, Indiana. From ASRA News, August 2019, pp. 38-39. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is copyrighted.