By Business Wire
Publication Date: 2026-04-18 14:30:00
PHOENIX, April 18, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–At this year’s annual meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine (ASRA), researchers from the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) presented significant studies that use artificial intelligence (AI) to provide insight into long-term pain risk after surgery and what patients want to know about anesthesia. These findings may ultimately guide anesthesiologists’ consultations with patients scheduled for surgery.
What follows are highlights from these studies:
HSS study uses machine learning to predict risk of long-term pain after knee replacement surgery
A new study led by researchers at HSS used a type of AI known as machine learning (ML) to identify key clinical and biological factors that increase a person’s risk of persistent pain after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Risk factors included increased levels of certain inflammatory cytokines (proteins) in the blood, severe preoperative…
