In this issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine, guest editor Dr. Ashley M. Shilling brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Sports Anesthesia. Top experts in the field focus on anesthesia approaches specifically for athletes and orthopaedic sports injuries, including unique medical considerations, pain management tactics for athletes, and more.

Key Features

Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including anesthesia for the patient undergoing hip arthroscopy; local anesthetics, liposomal anesthetics, and toxicity; pain management in the elite athlete; managing the complex pain patient through total joint arthroplasty; managing chronic pain following total joint arthroplasty; and more
Provides in-depth clinical reviews on sports anesthesia, offering actionable insights for clinical practice
Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews

Author Information

Edited by Nabil Elkassabany, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA and Edward Mariano, MD, MAS, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA