Spread of Epidural Anesthesia

Saline-anesthetic interval and the spread of epidural anesthesia.

PURPOSE To examine the effect of modifying the interval between administration of saline used during the loss of resistance (LOR) method and local anesthetic on epidural anesthetic level and its quality. METHODS Seventy-three patients who received thoracic epidural anesthesia were randomly allocated into three groups; the 2, 5 and 10 min groups, according to the interval between the administr...

[YouTube as an information source of spinal anesthesia, epidural anesthesia and combined spinal and epidural anesthesia].

INTRODUCTION Social media as YouTube have become a part of daily life and many studies evaluated health-related YouTube videos. Our aim was to evaluate videos available on YouTube for the conformity to textbook information and their sufficiency as a source for patient information. MATERIAL AND METHOD A search of the YouTube website was performed using the keywords "spinal anesthesia, epidural...

Thoracic epidural anesthesia and epidural hematoma.

This report involves a 74-year-old-male who developed a thoracic epidural hematoma with paraparesis on the second postoperative day in conjunction with thoracic epidural anesthesia established before surgery for acute abdominal aortic dissection. The finding indicates that laminectomy can be performed successfully as late as three days after diagnosis of the hematoma, with a complete restitutio...

Epidural analgesia and anesthesia.

This review describes the beneficial effects of the use of epidural drugs for pre-emptive analgesia, intraoperative analgesia with an inhalant-sparing effect, and prolonged postoperative analgesia. Epidural morphine oxymorphone, or hydromorphone is recommended for use in small animals in combination with a local anesthetic of appropriate duration for procedures involving the hind end, although ...

Sacral Epidural Anesthesia