A mother allergic to general anesthesia successfully underwent a kidney transplant while fully awake.

Beauty and wellness influencer Elaine Manthei is sharing one surprising detail about her facelift: she stayed awake during ...

The idea of having brain surgery while awake might seem amazing enough — but one Florida man took it a step further and played the guitar while doctors removed his tumor. The neurological team from ...

The idea of having brain surgery while awake might seem amazing enough — but one Florida man took it a step further and played the guitar while doctors removed his tumor. The neurological team from ...

The spinal surgery David B. underwent in November wasn't his first – but it was the first time he was awake for a procedure. "At first I thought 'Do I really want to be awake for this?'" said David.

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Wide awake local anaesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) has emerged as a transformative approach in hand surgery, combining local infiltration of lidocaine and epinephrine to achieve both anaesthesia and ...

The wide-awake local anesthesia no tourniquet technique achieved a 100% rate of success in patients undergoing endoscopic carpal tunnel release compared with a rate of success below 90% with ...

The outcome of deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery for Parkinson disease (PD) is comparable when performed under general or local anesthesia, results of a new randomized trial show. Investigators ...

TLC has announced a new limited series, Awake Surgery. The new series will debut on December 14. Check out the release schedule below! If you want surgery and DON'T qualify for general anesthesia, or ...

If you want surgery and don't qualify for general anesthesia, or just have fears about general anesthesia, there's one doctor you can rely on and that's Dr. Meegan Gruber. Dr. Gruber has been a ...