AMSTERDAM — Many urologic procedures can be safely performed with the use of conscious sedation rather than general anesthesia, and both clinicians and their patients say they prefer the lighter touch ...

Sedation using propofol instead of traditional sedatives may improve recovery time and patient satisfaction scores for people undergoing colonoscopy. Propofol sedation has little to no effect on ...

The first study of oral sedation for cataract surgery in an office setting found it to be as safe as intravenous anesthesia ...

Conscious sedation for spine procedures in the ambulatory setting is associated with a low rate of adverse events comparable to local anesthesia without conscious sedation, according to a Doctor’s ...

Hundreds of patients successfully received cataract surgery in a doctor's office after taking sedative pills, as opposed to ...

A new study on office-based cataract surgery is challenging traditional approaches to the procedure, demonstrating that ...