Pain Medicine

Havel’s Incorporated, the Cincinnati-based market leader in echogenic needles, has announced the release of a new echogenic ultrasound needle which could help reduce radiation exposure. Last month, Havel’s Incorporated released four new echogenic needles using their new, innovative Micro Laser Etching (MLE™) technology, which creates multiple angled surfaces to reflect sound waves back to the [...]

AS REPORTED IN OUTPATIENT SURGERY: Study Shows Benefits of Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks Ultrasound guidance improves the accuracy of identifying anesthetic spread when placing peripheral nerve blocks and reduces the incidence of block-related complications, according to new research. Physicians at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada, assessed the abilities of 8 anesthesia residents and [...]

Havel’s Incorporated Announces the Release of Four New Innovative Ultrasound Needles.  The market leader in echogenic needles for ultrasound guided regional anesthesia releases four new innovative echogenic needles.      CINCINNATI, July 12/Havel’s Incorporated/ – Havel’s Incorporated, the Cincinnati-based market leader in echogenic needles, announces the release of a new line of needles with Micro [...]

Havel’s Inc. recently exhibited at the International Symposium of Ultrasound for Regional Anesthesia (ISURA) in Toronto, Canada.  Havel’s showed their EchoStim® Insulated, EchoBlock® Non-Insulated, and EchoBlock® MSK for Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia and Pain Injections.  Since the symposium focused on the use of ultrasound in regional anesthesia and pain management, Havel’s products were very popular.  [...]

An article published in the March 2010 issue of Pain Medicine News refers to the importance of echogenicity in needles used in ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia. The article claims that a study found that “echogenicity is a key, if understudied, aspect of ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia.” Also in the article is the claim that …” Of the most common [...]

Patients aren’t necessarily getting the pain management they need or deserve due to physicians’ fear of prescription drug abuse or lack of information about new types of treatment for pain. Kathryn Hahn, chair of the Oregon Pain Management Commission, says that adequate pain treatment has always been a concern. Patients are encouraged to be more [...]

A recent study of Medicare patients suggests that chronic back pain is being treated with expensive and complex spinal fusion surgeries that can often lead to complications, which makes the endeavor even costlier.  Read the entire article on the study here.

Read relevant articles and useful information by clicking on the “Publications of Interest” link in the lower right hand corner of the www.havels.com homepage.

For a good look at the pros and cons in the current debate regarding the use of ultrasound in pain medicine, take a look at the January 2010 issue of Pain Medicine News. Read the article “Ultrasound Demonstrations Fuel Debate On Clinical Role in Pain Medicine” by Donald M. Pizzi. Pizzi speaks to several doctors [...]

It’s cold and snowing in many parts of the US right now.  Here’s something sunny to think about: The International Spine Intervention Society is hosting its 18th Annual Scientific Meeting in Maui, Hawaii in July, 2010 at the Wailea Resort.  According to ISIS president Way Yin, MD, the ”…plenary sessions will highlight many commonly encountered and [...]