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About Spinal And Epidural Anesthesia

Spinal anesthesia is a form of regional anesthesia that involves injection of the anesthetic agent adjacent to the spinal cord or just outside it using a long needle. This renders the portion of the body beyond or below(as the case maybe) the point of injection numb and anaesthetized, while the rest of the body remains unanaesthetised.

The injection is usually administered in the lumbar (low back) spine. This form of anesthesia is easy to be administered and is ideally suited for surgeries performed in the lower parts of the body.



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i ask for epidural relation to urinary retention and neurodisorder in IDDM patient
(Posted by Dr.Yanal Al-Barazi, Saudi Arabia Date : 12/18/2008 )
I had laser lithotripsy for removal of stone in ureta and went thru Epidural anesthesia ,since then I have low back pain running thru me left thigh,leg and feet.Please let me know wheter it a complication of anesthesia?
(Posted by Wahab Rizvi, India Date : 11/10/2008 )
65 yr male with no medical history underwent k-nailing with double recon screws for #shaft femur with I/T # under spinal block failed to respond to I/V fluids(4 crystalloids+2 colloids and dopamine or Noradr died after 1 hr of surgery with normal ECG findings and normal chest and SpO2
(Posted by dr china, India Date : 8/24/2007 )
spinal anesthesia with.5%heavy sensorcain 4ml.immediatly after deposition of drug patient had intense itching on buttucks & pernium brncospasm,jerks convulsions cynosis comacontrary to usual finding of hypotention and bradycardia patint after intubation had hypertention150to200systolic and pulse 140 to 170/min. I am not sure for the cause. patient expired after 9hours
(Posted by b.brijmohan, India Date : 4/2/2007 )
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